Template:Trivia/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Trivia (see that page for the template itself).
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
  • This template sorts articles into Category:Articles with trivia sections.
  • This template should not be subst'ed.
  • To minimize this template's size, a non-fixed width was used. To have the template use the standard 80% width (such as when it fails to line up correctly with other templates), add "width=full" as a parameter: {{trivia|width=full}}.

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[edit] Placement

Editors should not use this template to tag sections they consider trivial. In accordance with Wikipedia:Trivia sections, this template should only be placed at the top of sections that contain indiscriminate and unselective lists.

[edit] Usage

To help with the categorization of articles, you may use the optional date parameter, e.g. {{trivia|date=June 2008}}. Articles tagged with this template without the parameter will be given the parameter by a bot.

The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste {{trivia|date=June 2008}} or use {{subst:Trivia-now}}

Note that the date entered is for categorizing purposes only. The date will not display in the template.

[edit] Other templates

Please keep this template's wording in sync with the main template.

  • {{Prose}} A similar box that suggests converting the section into prose, rather than integrating the items into the prose of other sections.

[edit] See also