Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4544033-20150326212135/@comment-1738746-20150330184315

SuperSajuuk wrote: Emperor Maximus wrote: As has been said, it is difficult to come up with a proper trivia policy, because of its extremely varying nature. Sometimes trivia is just notes to possible out-of-game references or inspirations, and sometimes it is to do with the names, and sometimes it is just someone's personal theory. I think it's the kind of things that we need to think about quite a bit, and maybe come up with a rather extensive policy.

Some things just can't be referenced or confirmed, but that doesn't mean that they aren't still interesting points that deserve to be shown. Maybe it would be better to just simply have no trivia policy, or make it as simple as "don't include trivia points that simply state the obvious (eg the Dragonborn does not appear in )". That way, anything can be included, but that does leave it more likely that random users will simply remove any trivia points they don't agree with. I think this is too dangerous to have as the Trivia policy as it opens the door for people to post nonesense that they haven't actually researched, stuff like "Vivec likes cheese." I still feel that any unconfirmed trivia points need to have external references so that others can see you've done your homework as well as see where you're coming from.

It's not about "taking out the mystery" by putting these trivia points in, it's about enriching the reader's experience on the wiki and expanding their knowledge with something interesting related to something they already enjoy.