Template:Reduce trivia/doc

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

Placement
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 collection of information (whether in list or prose form) – often referred to as "cruft".

Usage
The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste:

Optional parameters

 * July 2024  Please help with the categorization of articles for cleanup by using this parameter. You can use 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.
 * y  If given a positive value ( y, yes , 1 , true ), adds gist of Trivia, suggesting "and move what remains into other sections or articles" after pruning cruft. (Any parameter value will work, e.g. TRUE.) If the small option is turned on, this information does not display, but may still be useful to editors.
 * to  a.k.a. 2   Location of page or section to which to suggest moving the relevant material, e.g.: #Filmography or Nocturnal underwater basketweaving#Techniques (automatically turns on the y option for you). 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:  or
 * 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:  or  or

Template aliases
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