On 11/24/07, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps the real issue with trivia sections is that most of them are unreferenced as to their notability; while they clearly may be factually true, unless somebody has noted that they are important then they should be removed. Right?
The short answer is "no".
So, taking this to the logical conclusions, perhaps we need a notability tag, where somebody has to reference that something is notable, otherwise it would be removed. By notable, a minimum criteria would have to be a significant 3rd party reference to it.
But for the sake of argument, of course: How does one determine whether or not one's source is presenting information (about some topic) as "notable" or "non-notable"? For whole subjects it might be easier to discern, but for individual facts, it would be ambiguous at best, and in any situation the light being cast is a product of the author's own POV.
—C.W.