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WiKirby loves trivia. It helps provide the readers with special factoids about subjects that they can share with their friends after reading them. However, WiKirby has noticed that some other wikis tend to allow their trivia sections to balloon into gargantuan beasts which sometimes take up more than a full screen. When this happens, trivia becomes anything but trivial. As such, the following is WiKirby's trivia policy.

What is trivia?

Trivia is basically any interesting tidbit about the article's subject that doesn't fit any other section. From curiosities shared by developers, to references to other media, to similarities to other elements of the franchise, trivia can be many things. However, statements that aren't noteworthy mentioning shouldn't become trivia. Before adding a trivia point, an editor should ask themselves: is this something that readers will want to know about?

This section contains some examples of points that could be considered trivia, and some examples of things that don't fall under trivia. This list is not exhaustive, and some exceptions may exist. If there is ever any disagreement on what is considered a trivia point, it should be discussed in the page's talk page, keeping these guidelines in mind, however.

Some examples of points noteworthy of being trivia:

  • A developer comment about the subject that doesn't fit other sections, such as them saying it's their favorite, how they made it, pre-release content, among others. Examples include Pacloud being Shinya Kumazaki's favorite enemy from Kirby's Return to Dream Land, and a "Card" ability concept existing before the Magic ability.
  • Similarities between the subject and media from Kirby or outside of Kirby, including references. Examples include Whip possibly referencing Indiana Jones, and how The King and the Sun parodies My Friend and the Sunset.
    • However, keep in mind this is about references of the subject to other media only. References of other media to that subject shouldn't be included in trivia.
  • Something truly unique and interesting about the subject that can't be mentioned in other sections. Examples include how Sword has some games where it doesn't have Final Cutter but other abilities do, and how Chaos Elfilis has the most HP out of all regular bosses of the main series.
    • Caution should be made however to not list something that falls into this but is so specific that it's arbitrary to list. Something like "Kirby's Dream Land 2 is the first Kirby game to have a number in the name" is not an interesting fact, while "Gooey is the only Dream Friend that represents a game they didn't debut in" is an interesting fact. While this can be arbitrary, use best judgement, and if there are disagreements, discuss in the article's talk page.

Some examples of statements that aren't noteworthy of being trivia:

  • Anything that can be mentioned in the article's main body without feeling out of place. Before adding a trivia point, read the whole article and see if what is going to be added can be added elsewhere.
    • Common examples include trivia points that mention appearances in other media or certain music that plays in stages or levels. These should be covered in the article's main body, not trivia.
  • References to the article subject in other media. These can be really lengthy, and are best reserved for the List of references to the Kirby series page.
  • Something that may appear interesting at first glance, but is so oddly specific that it's anything but interesting to tell readers. For example "Doctor and Drill are the only copy abilities that start with the letter D" is not only super specific, but also hard to maintain, so it shouldn't be a trivia point.
    • Generally speaking, the format of trivia "X is the only/first Y that has Z" like the above example should be avoided in most cases. There is so much content that can be created for trivia with a format like that, and often it feels like trivia is created for the sake of having something to add to trivia.
  • Anything that doesn't directly involve the article's main subject. For example, mentioning in a level article something about a specific stage of said level; that should be mentioned in the stage's page instead. Other examples include trivia that ends up becoming off-topic, for example, talking in detail about food from Japan present in Kirby games is not needed as a trivia point, as food from Japan is not the topic of the page, food in the Kirby games is.

Where in the article?

Main article: WiKirby:Layout policy

Trivia sections are to be placed first in the line of trailing sections, after the main body of the article is completed. They should come before any other utility sections, such as galleries, "names in other languages" tables, references, or navboxes. That way, the text sections of an article may stick together as best as possible.

How to format?

Trivia sections should consist solely of bulleted statements that can be read and interpreted separately. The only other things that may be added to trivia sections are contained files with captions, but these should not clutter the section. Typically one image will do for any given section.

How much is too much?

Trivia sections should not exceed 5 primary bulleted statements, and should not exceed 10 overall statements (including sub-bulleted statements). If any trivia section exceeds this amount, excess statements should be taken out and incorporated into the main body of the article, either in existing sections or in a new section. If for some reason this cannot be done, excess statements could also be donated to the "Did you know that..." widget on the main page if appropriate.

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