Difference between revisions of "Help:Style guide/Trivia"

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* Trivia items should not duplicate information in the infobox.
 
* Trivia items should not duplicate information in the infobox.
 
* Trivia items should not be obvious to anyone who has played Team Fortress 2 for a reasonable amount of time
 
* Trivia items should not be obvious to anyone who has played Team Fortress 2 for a reasonable amount of time
* Trivia items should be interesting or helpful. Items that satisfy neither of these are not worth mentioning.  
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* Trivia items should be interesting and/or helpful. Items that satisfy neither of these are not worth mentioning.  
  
 
===Do not===
 
===Do not===
* Post trivia about one minor characteristic that is shared with a few other items
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* Do not post trivia about one minor characteristic that is shared with a few other items
* Post obscure references that are not proven with hard evidence.
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* Do not post obscure references that are not proven with hard evidence.
* Post images or videos unless absolutely necessary to prove a point. It is better to link to a video than to embed it for trivia
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* Do not post images or videos unless absolutely necessary to prove a point. It is better to link to a video than to embed it for trivia
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Help:Style guide]]
 
* [[Help:Style guide]]

Revision as of 01:25, 17 October 2010

This is a proposed style guideline for Trivia articles. Please see the talk page for discussion.

Trivia sections are small sections of an article where interesting facts can be kept about a topic.

Guidelines

These are only proposed guidelines. See the talk page to discuss changes.
  • Trivia items should not duplicate information in the infobox.
  • Trivia items should not be obvious to anyone who has played Team Fortress 2 for a reasonable amount of time
  • Trivia items should be interesting and/or helpful. Items that satisfy neither of these are not worth mentioning.

Do not

  • Do not post trivia about one minor characteristic that is shared with a few other items
  • Do not post obscure references that are not proven with hard evidence.
  • Do not post images or videos unless absolutely necessary to prove a point. It is better to link to a video than to embed it for trivia

See also