User blog comment:McCorkle/We need to include "low-quality trivia"./@comment-224939-20180709021349

I'd like to preface by explaining that the point of the trivia section in articles is to note interesting details that are too miniscule/don't contribute much to the plot to warrant a mention in the "Summary" section BUT are still significant or noteworthy because of the way they relate to the show/episode/characters.

As a general rule of thumb; the trivia section should never be longer than the summary section. If this is ever the case, it means that you either have a pitiful summary that leaves out details or (the most common scenario) the trivia section is cluttered with redundant statements already covered by the summary and useless statistics of little substance or intrigue.

This is the reason why we routinely trim down the trivia sections: We try to weed out the boring info and keep the good and interesting stuff. Unfortunately, the topic of what info is considered "good and interesting" is a subjective matter. And sure, there may will be one person out there who thinks it's interesting to list the exact amount of times an extremely minor character like Wilfred the pig hasn’t appeared in each episode, but the reality is that this sort of info won't exactly be interesting to the average majority of readers and thus is something not noteworthy enough to include on the wiki.

That being said, the ideal sort of trivia we'd like to include on the wiki are things such as:


 * References to culture and media that are concrete and indisputable instead of general and vague.
 * Good Example: "Eddy refers to Ed as "Baryshni-Cough-Drop" when he was dancing in Urban Ed is a reference to Latvian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov."
 * Bad Example: "The aliens in The Eds are Coming are a reference to Halo... because they both feature aliens."
 * References and In-jokes about the production crew of the show (The name "Zeats" above a door in the trailer park being a reference to Billy Zeats, etc)
 * Misc interesting "Behind-the-Scenes" info that can be shown to have influenced the show. (The plot point in Pop Goes the Ed where the Ed's swimsuits snap off being a inspired by a similar event in Danny Antonucci's life as he stated in an interview once, etc)
 * And finally, goofs or animation mistakes. (But I personally believe listing these should be kept to a minimum as while they may be numerous a vast majority of them are quite minor mistakes and are generally too insignificant and uninteresting for the average reader to be intrigued by.)

This whole argument essentially boils down to Quality vs Quantity. When it comes to trivial details there are far too many out there to list. Even if we were to list them all, 90% would just be filler junk that the majority of fans probably wouldn't care about and be bored by. It would also indeed make the wiki look like a mess. It would be the internet equivalent of being a compulsive hoarder and filling your house with an obscene amount of junk. Yes, you would technically have quite the collection of stuff and maybe even a few good antiques somewhere in there, but the experience is ruined when you have to spend hours wading through garbage just to get to it.