Template:Trivia

This article contains a list of miscellaneous information. Please help improve it by relocating relevant information into other sections or articles. (March 2026)

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This template sorts articles into Category:Articles with trivia sections.

This template should only be substituted if you want it to be automatically dated.

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Editors should not use this template to tag sections they consider trivial (i.e., which topically address something the editor does not think should be covered). In accordance with Wikipedia:Trivia sections, this template should only be placed at the top of sections that contain indiscriminate and unselective lists.

Usage

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To help with the categorization of articles, please use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{trivia|date=March 2026}}. Articles tagged with this template without the parameter will eventually be given the parameter by a bot.

The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{trivia|date=March 2026}}

Optional parameters

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|date=March 2026 Please help with the categorization of articles for cleanup by using this parameter. You can use |date={{subst:DATE}} as a shorthand to enter this parameter. Articles tagged with this template without the parameter will eventually be given the parameter by a bot, but it may not reflect the correct month of tagging.
|to= a.k.a. |2= Location of page or section to which to suggest moving the relevant material, e.g.: |to=#Filmography or |2=Nocturnal underwater basketweaving#Techniques. If the |small= option is turned on, this information does not display, but may still be useful to editors.
|section= a.k.a. |sect= If given a positive value (y, yes, 1, true), will change "This article" to "This section". If given some other value, will change it to use that value, e.g. "This table", "This list".
- |1= The second of those uses can also be done as the first unnamed or numbered parameter: {{trivia|section}} or {{trivia|1=timeline|2=History of burritos}}
|small=y If given a positive value (y, yes, 1, true), makes the template into a smaller box, instead of a banner. Requires explicit definition of the template as applying not to the entire article: {{trivia|sect=y|small=y}} or {{trivia|table|small=yes}} or {{trivia|section="In popular culture" material|small=1}}

Closely related templates

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General trivia: {{Trivia}} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article).; {{Trivia section}} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article.; {{Unfocused}} – for an article which lacks focus or has no particular topic.
Relevance and importance: {{Off topic}} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article; {{Content}} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed.; {{Importance section}} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article.; {{Importance inline}} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article.; {{Better source example}} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example.; {{Relevance inline}} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all.; {{Non sequitur}} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader.
Excessive detail: {{Overly detailed}} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership.; {{Summarize section}} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized.; {{Example farm}} – For excessive use of examples.; {{Too many see alsos}} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose.
Topical trivia: {{Self-sourcing examples}} – For an article or section with poorly cited popular culture examples.; {{In popular culture}} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material.; {{Fiction trivia}} (or {{In-universe}}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail).; {{Long plot}}, {{All plot}} – For excessively detailed plot summaries.; {{Cleanup book}}, {{Cleanup film}} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues).; {{Game trivia}} – For too much gaming-related trivia.; {{MOSLOW}} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order; {{Cleanup university}}, {{Cleanup school}} – For excessive detail about an educational institution.; {{Famous}} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic.; {{Localist}} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic.
List cleanup: {{Prose}} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list.; {{Cleanup list}} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction.; {{List to table}} – For use where a table would be better than a list.

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