User talk:74.134.251.24

Welcome to Wikipedia. It might not have been your intention, but your recent contribution removed content from. Please be more careful when editing pages and do not remove content from Wikipedia without a good reason, which should be specified in the edit summary. Take a look at the welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment again, please use the sandbox. If you feel that the edit I reverted should not have been reverted, please contact me. --Chris (talk) 02:11, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Can you please explain why you are removing trivia templates from a ton of articles? --Chris (talk) 02:12, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

I have blocked you for 15 minutes to allow yourself to explain your actions. Per WP:TRIVIA, trivia sections are to be avoided, which is the reason for the templates you have been removing. Can you please explain why you are removing them? --Chris (talk) 02:16, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Articles on Simpsons Episodes, beyond plot summaries, don't work well with a complete disintegration of the "trivia" sections. Yes, some articles shouldn't have trivia sections, but with creative works a fine line is... being approached, at least.

I believe that the proper way to deal with trivia is to consider each piece of trivium, and remove or discuss what is unnecessary. To incorporate the relevant trivia into the episode plot summaries would substantially decrease the readability of the plot summary. Simpsons episodes by their nature contain a wealth of detail beyond the main scope of the story, and the best way to deal with these details is to keep them in a trivia section and handle the extraneous ones through the talk page of the article.

Thank you for your work on Wikipedia, Chris. 74.134.251.24 02:36, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I do agree with this position, but it can be hard to tell what your intentions are if you don't use edit summaries.  Apologies for the interference; I just wanted to make sure there was a reason for the removals and when you didn't respond to my first message here the only way I could think of to get your attention was a short block.  No offense intended.  --Chris (talk) 02:42, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


 * P.S. I'm going to undo all the reverts I did. --Chris (talk) 02:43, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

It's OK, doesn't matter if you undo them or not. 74.134.251.24 02:44, 26 July 2007 (UTC)