Talk:Trivia
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[edit] Vulgar
The phrase, "In Roman times, such a place was viewed as common and vulgar, in the sense that we express in the phrase the gutter, as in "His manners were formed in the gutter." seems like it might be incorrect. I am guessing that the original source of this information was using "vulgar" to mean "among the commoners" and not "indecent." It's a tough call without knowing where the information presented here came from. Peyna 04:15, 14 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Singular
The article suggests, but does not explicitly state, that 'trivium' is the singular of 'trivia'. Whether this is true or not should be made clearer (and also in the trivium article). DirkvdM 07:02, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Curtis Earth
Why is a local DJ listed in the introduction? From what was written, it does not sound like he has had a significant impact on the popularity of trivia contests in the same way that Jeopardy, Trivial Pursuit or Who Wants To Be A Millionaire have had. M Pinck 13:40, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia Resources Links
I find it very useful to have some reliable External Links to trivia sites. As long as the sites do not have an overabundance of pop-up adds and are easy to use (like 123facts.com), I think there should be some.
I don't maintain any sites. Just like recommend sources.
- Hi. Wikipedia is not a directory of websites, nor is it a social bookmarking service. I've removed those links, but I've added a link to the dmoz trivia section. dmoz is an excellent link clearinghouse, should you want to add these links somewhere else. 68.183.117.191 09:02, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia can be either unimportant information, or basic, elementary knowledge.
I think the latter, if valid at all, is obsolete. Rich Farmbrough 08:50 7 June 2006 (UTC).
- How so? Surely if anything the latter is actually a better definition, since much trivia is, technically, important information such as "people breathe air" and "cows eat grass" in certain circumstances. --JamesTheNumberless 15:11, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Quiz Shows
Why was the phrase 'No way' appended to this section?
- I've removed it — thanks for pointing that out. Omphaloscope talk 12:21, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] General knowledge should have its own page.
I think a page relating specifically to general knowledge should be created instead of the current situation of a redirect to 'Trivia'.
The two things are quite different, general knowledge being an understanding of a wide range of subjects, whereas trivia is simply unimportant facts.
Good luck qualifying what 'general knowledge' is. Sartan 22:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I would agree with the above comment, and go further by saying that redirecting 'General Knowledge' to 'Trivia' is plain wrong. The two concepts may partially overlap, but that doesn't make them the same thing. For a start, trivia refers principally to stand-alone 'fact-bites' which do not require a broad understanding of the subject. You may know that negotiations on the Treaty of Versailles were held in the Hall of Mirrors. This, on its own, is trivia. Being able to discuss why, when, by whom and with what consequences the Treaty was signed, is General Knowledge. Sabremesh 11:14, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Redundancy?
"In the late twentieth century the expression came to apply more exclusively to information of the kind useful almost exclusively for answering quiz questions."
Am I the only person that thinks having the word exclusively twice in the same sentence is redundant?
Daniel15 10:40, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
- In this case it's not actually redundant, but it is lazy ugly repetition and thus appears redundant. It's a bit like saying "He exclusively ate at exclusive restaurants" it's still extremely poor use of the English language. --JamesTheNumberless 15:17, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia trivia
Is this the place for a section on interesting but semi-pointless facts about Wikipedia itself? It would probably be inappropriate to put such chaff on the Wikipedia page itself. For example, the smallest integer without its own page on Wikipedia is 202. Glory311 21:54, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] adding link
Dear sir,
Would you pleas add this web site
Aymanfarah 18:37, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
- I strongly disagree. The article is not about the topic "trivia", but rather it is a website for playing trivia. See points 1, 4, and most importantly 14 under Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided. Royalbroil 20:06, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
