On 9/5/07, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
I just noticed, at the top of a Trivia section, a template intoning that "Trivia sections are discouraged under Wikipedia guidelines". But the template had been altered by the notation "The template below is being considered for deletion". Made for quite a good laugh, if nothing else...
The problem isn't with the template itself, but the way it's used. Somebody (possibly a script or bot) will add the template wherever they see ==Trivia==, and then somebody else (possibly another script or bot) will patrol the relevant category and blank the section, without any attention as to whether the content is related to that of other sections, or properly referenced, or outright remarkable.
—C.W.