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 | This page in a nutshell: An article should not contain a list of miscellaneous information. It is better to present things in an organized way. |
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Avoid collections of miscellaneous facts or examples, since Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information. Whether presented in list format or embedded in regular prose, these risk becoming trivia magnets, which grow increasingly unwieldy as items are added. If such a collection already exists,[1] it should be considered temporary, until editors can sort out what is worth keeping; in some cases, it may be appropriate to move the content from the article itself to its talk page to allow this process to happen outside of mainspace. Content supported by a reliable source and which falls within the scope of Wikipedia could be integrated into a different section or article; non-encyclopedic content should simply be removed.
- ^ In the early days of Wikipedia it was common for articles to include lists of miscellaneous information, often grouped into their own section. These sections were typically given names such as "Trivia", "Facts", "Miscellanea", or "Other information". For an example, see the John Lennon trivia section from December 10, 2005. This practice has long been disapproved.