User blog comment:McCorkle/We need to include "low-quality trivia"./@comment-5290974-20180708020908/@comment-3242362-20180708222356

So, gonna chime in here:

McCorkle: saw your message to Jspy, and I think you should know that you won't be banned for giving an opinion that runs contrary to that of the admins so long as it's expressed in a civilized manner. As far as I can see, you're doing that, so you won't be banned.

That said, if your opinions do run contrary to someone's opinion, it shouldn't be much of a surprise to see debate about them (which is exactly what Carlos is providing here). Add on to that the fact that you're proposing a change in wiki policy re: how we treat trivia, and it's no surprise that Carlos is debating you on this.

Building off of this, your reactions are aggressive. Not to the level that would warrant a ban or even a warning (you aren't cursing anybody out yet), but to the level that it does come off as kind of "bossy." It's pretty simple: how you present your arguments impacts how they're received.

As for the junk trivia, there is some debate over what is junk and what is not. The general standard is "interesting and provable." Naturally, there's going to be debate over what exactly that is, but it ultimately has to be "know it when you see it". Provable is the more important one of these.

"Eddy's Brother's name is Matthew, it was confirmed in an interview with Danny Antonucci." This sounds like it should fit the template, but it doesn't because it's not provable; no evidence of this interview exists anywhere. This piece of trivia has been added to the page on Eddy's Brother several times, but there is never a confirming link and Google searches don't turn up any proof.

"This is the #th time X has [or has not] appeared in an episode." This was removed because it wasn't deemed interesting enough to keep. I believe things like this are things you're asking about, and that's a valid debate to have.

However, the weeding out of "junk" trivia is focused on, for example, references that can't be proven (there have been users who see references to other works in everything in the show; one of them was prone to calling every such instance a "padory") and tidbits that aren't informative (such as fan theories that try to "logically" explain things that happen in a cartoon that isn't too tightly tethered to reality). As for Plank's expressions changing: do they? As in, does it happen on a regular basis, or did it happen as occasional animation errors (which is a completely different beast and fits under "Goofs").

This response has probably gotten long and rambly, but there is a purpose to trying to weed out junk trivia. It's not to lessen knowledge; it's to make sure that the trivia isn't just a pile of rumors, fan theories, and unimportant asides.