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{{short description|Wikimedia maintenance collaboration}}
{{WikiProject status|sc1=WP:WPTCU|inactive}}

<div style="float:right">{{Trivia progress}}</div>
This project deals with trivia sections on articles, and cleaning them up. Many articles on Wikipedia have too much trivia, and need to be shortened (or just removed altogether). This project focuses on finding, tagging and cleaning articles with too much trivia. Trivia sections shouldn't always be removed altogether - they may just require shortening, or rewriting and incorporation into the article.

As a note, trivia isn't always just in trivia sections. It can also be found in notes, miscellanea; it is increasingly found in "cultural references" "pop culture" and other sections. If it's just a list of random things, it's probably trivia.

==Goals==

#Clean up trivia sections that contain inconsequential material. 
#Integrate useful trivia from sections into the article, then remove the trivia section altogether (when appropriate).

==History and current status==
In June 2007, the trivia template was modified to be broken down by month of tagging, and tagged articles tracked and sorted by a bot. Through at least 2011, the number of [[:Category:Articles_with_trivia_sections|articles tagged as containing trivia sections]] grew enormously, numbering in the thousands at any given time, with many months containing one- or two-hundred such articles. See this page's [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Trivia_Cleanup|talk page]] for background on the problem, and several proposed solutions.  

Members of this project, and quite likely some unaffiliated Wikipedians, have removed material that does not add to a given article's utility, integrated material into articles, and otherwise cleared trivia sections from many articles during this project's existence. In 2011, the 'fancruft' tag was decoupled from this project and, between this and steady work by members, the number of articles under this project's responsibility plunged.

There has been occasional discussion on ways to discourage trivia sections from being added to articles in the first place.

==Tagging and improving articles==
When you see an article or section with too much trivia, please tag it with one of these templates:

{{Trivia templates see-also}}

Please help categorization by adding the month and year to these templates {{tnull|Trivia|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. Any new tags without a date are automatically tagged by bot, beginning in May 2007, but may not correctly reflect the month of tagging.

For helpful background on avoiding trivia sections in articles, visit [[WP:TRIVIA]].

==Members==
Feel free to add your name to the bottom of this list.

#[[User:RobJ1981|RobJ1981]]
#[[User:rehanisl|rehanisl]]
#[[User:Nishkid64|<span style="background:#009;color:#f00">'''Nish'''</span><span style="background:#f00;color:#009">'''kid'''</span><span style="background:#009;color:#0a0">'''64'''</span>]] 23:54, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Zepheus|Zepheus &lt;ツィフィアス&gt;]] 05:37, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:Mackensen|Mackensen]] [[User_talk:Mackensen|(talk)]] 18:37, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:L0b0t|l0b0t]]
#[[User:Recury|Recury]]
#[[User:Dragosian|Dragosian]]
#[[User:ReviewDude|ReviewDude]]
#[[User:Ejvyas|Ejvyas]]
#[[User:Icseaturtles|Icseaturtles]]
#[[User:The Way|The Way]]
#<b>[[User:Whispering|Whisp]]</b>[[User:Whispering/Esperanza|<font color="green">e</font>]]<b>[[User talk:Whispering|ring]]</b>
#[[User:Pax:Vobiscum|Pax:Vobiscum]]
#[[User:Willie the Walrein|Willie the Walrein]]
#[[User:Malach|Malach]]
#[[User:Seong0980|Seong0980]]
#[[User:SusannaSusie|SusannaSusie]]
#[[User:CheeseChive |CheeseChive]]
#[[User:Ckessler|Ckessler]]
#<sup>[[User:Anetode|'''anetode''']]</sup>[[User_talk:Anetode|╦╩]] 00:26, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
#[[User:SkierRMH|SkierRMH]]
#[[User:3bulletproof16|<font color="blue">'''bullet'''</font><font color="green">'''proof'''</font>]] <sup>[[User talk:3bulletproof16|<font color="black">'''3:16'''</font>]]</sup>
#[[User:Bwithh|Bwithh]]
#[[User:KLT2007|KLT2007]]
#[[User:Madjohnflint|Madjohnflint]]
#<font face="comic sans ms">[[User:SUIT|<font color="gold">'''SU'''</font><font color="silver">'''IT'''</font>]]</font>
#[[User:Sofeil|Sofeil]]
#[[User:Walterk29|Walterk29]]
#[[User:Yonatanh|Yonatanh]]
#[[User:Mangojuice|Mango]][[Special:Contributions/Mangojuice|<span style="color:orange;">'''juice'''</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Mangojuice|talk]]</sup>
#[[User:Maungkaungmyat|Maungkaungmyat]]
#[[User:Truth in Comedy|Future Fun Jumper (TIC)]] 11:35, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Loren36|Loren]]
#[[User:Anna512|Anna512]] ([[User_talk:Anna512|talk]])
#[[User:DJH47|DJH47]] 20:10, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Awiseman|AW]] - I've been doing this, didn't know there was a project!
#[[User:Paradox CT|Paradox CT]] 00:24, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Dave1213]] 20:54, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:Dr bab|Dr bab]] 10:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Guylikeu|Guylikeu]] 14:41, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
# Callum J. Stewart ([[User:IzzyVanHalen|Callum J. Stewart]] 14:00, 17 April 2007 (UTC))
# [[User:Strangepalefighter|Strangepalefighter]] 00:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:SelfStudyBuddy|SelfStudyBuddy]]  08:06, April 30 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Vikrant Phadkay|Vikrant Phadkay]] 11:44, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Politics rule|Politics rule]] i love wikipedia 8 May 2007
# [[User:Nikki311|Nikki311]] 07:46, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Android Mouse|Android Mouse]] and my bot [[User:Android Mouse Bot 3|Android Mouse Bot 3]] 18:28, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Hydrogen Iodide|Hydrogen Iodide]] 06:15, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Myselfalso|Myselfalso]] I'm willing to help wherever I can.  --[[User:Myselfalso|myselfalso]] 22:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:James_A._Stewart|Jim Stewart]] Yay!  Down with trivia sections. [[User:James A. Stewart|James A. Stewart]] 23:17, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Gavia immer|Gavia immer]] [[User_talk:Gavia immer|(talk)]] 13:39, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Trampton|Trampton]] 07:15, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
#'''[[User:Sceptre|Will]]''' <sup>([[Flying the Flag (for You)|We're flying the flag]] [[User talk:Sceptre|all over the world]])</sup> 13:12, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Tikal-chan|Tikal-chan]] (Pls note: I will NOT remove the trivia tag no matter how much trivia points I have integrated into any article)
# [[User:A Raider Like Indiana|<b><font face="papyrus" color="orange">A Raider Like Indiana</font></b>]] 15:05, 2 June 2007 (UTC) 
# [[User:Sjones23|Sjones23]] 20:18, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
# [[User talk:Pomte|Pomte]] 00:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Valusa|Valusa]] 06:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Belvyzep|Belvyzep]] 15:00, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Squalk25|Squalk25]] 14:30, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
# <font style="color:#FF0000; border-left: solid 2px #800020; border-top: solid 2px #800020; border-bottom: solid 2px #800020; border-right: solid 2px #800020; background-color: #000000;"><font face="cursive">[[User:SensibleMenace|The Menace]]</font></font> 12:35, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Davidbspalding|David Spalding]]&nbsp;(<big><font color="darkred">[[User talk:Davidbspalding|☎]]&nbsp;[[Special:Emailuser/Davidbspalding|✉]]&nbsp;[[Special:contributions/davidbspalding|✍]]</font></big>) 17:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Amadscientist|Amadscientist]]
# [[User:Soyseñorsnibbles|Soyseñorsnibbles]]
# <span style="color:Green">'''[[User:Ipstenu|Ipstenu]]''' ''([[User talk:Ipstenu|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Ipstenu|contribs]])''</span> 23:21, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:RegainTheTruth|RegainTheTruth]]
# [[User:Spebi|<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: #002BB8">Sebi</span>]]&nbsp;<sub style="color: darkgreen;">&#91;[[User talk:Spebi|<span style="color:darkgreen">talk</span>]]&#93;</sub> 06:18, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:GhostPirate|GhostPirate]] 23:33, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:SteelersFan UK06|SteelersFan UK06]] 05:17, 25 July 2007 (UTC) ''<sup>([[User talk:SteelersFan_UK06|talk]]</sup>\<sub>[[Special:Contributions/SteelersFan_UK06|contribs]])</sub>''- after HATING this concept for so long, I've realised its actually a pretty good project. count me in.
# [[User:Soysauce357|Soysauce357]]
# [[User:Freak104|Freak104]]
# [[user:wpktsfs|w]][[user:wpktsfs/poetry|'''p''']][[user:wpktsfs|k]][[user talk:wpktsfs|'''t''']][[user:wpktsfs|sfs]] 23:51, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:TheBilly|TheBilly]] - 11:13, 11 August, 2007
# [[User:Famguy3|Famguy3]]
# <span style="border: 2px solid #F10; background-color:yellow;">'''[[User:SilkTork|<font face="Script MT" color="#0000FF" size="3">SilkTork</font>]]''' *** [[User talk:SilkTork|<font face="Roman" color="#0000FF">SilkyTalk</font>]]</span> 14:30, 29 August 2007 (UTC) I thought I was already in.
# '''[[User:DGG|DGG]]''' ([[User talk:DGG|talk]]) 19:56, 2 September 2007 (UTC) a good idea, if done appropriately. Will need some changes to meet that standard.
# [[User:NickPenguin|NickPenguin]] 21:08, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
# [[User:Gary2863|Gary2863]]
# [[User:Ta bu shi da yu|Ta bu shi da yu]]
# <span style="color:darkred"><b>*Vendetta*</b> <sub>[[User:Vendettax|(whois]] [[User talk:Vendettax|talk]] [[Special:Contributions/Vendettax|edits)]]</sub></span> 18:07, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
#[[User:DanielCD|DanielCD]] We need some reform in this area to keep articles from becoming link + list farms.
#[[User:TJ_Reyes|TJ Reyes]]
#[[User:Johnred32|Johnred32]] I'll get right to work!
#[[User:Dkim27|TheNextOneAcross]] I'm determined to fix all such problems!
#[[User:Mastrchf91|Mastrchf91]]
#[[User:DocRocktopus|Doc Rocktopus]]
#[[User:Kalindoscopy|Kalindoscopy]]
#'''[[User:Basketball110|Basketball]][[User talk:Basketball110|<font color="#FFA500">110</font>]]''' 21:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:JackAgain|JackAgain]] 00:08, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:Velvetron|Velvetron]]
#[[User:Triona]]
#[[User:Found Missing|Found Missing]] ([[User talk:Found Missing|talk]]) 02:32, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:Jh553738]]
#[[User:Iwilleditu|Iwilleditu]][[User talk:Iwilleditu|<sup>Talk :)</sup>]][[Special:Contributions/Iwilleditu|<sup>Contributions</sup>]] 03:50, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:CattleGirl|CattleGirl]]
#[[User:Thegoodlocust|TheGoodLocust]] ([[User talk:Thegoodlocust|talk]]) 19:11, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:Redfive05|Redfive05]] ([[User talk:Redfive05|talk]]) 14:37, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
#<font face="Edwardian Script ITC" size="3">[[User:K. Lastochka|K. Lásztocska]]</font><sup>[[User talk:K. Lastochka|talk]]</sup> 01:22, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
#[[ User:Walkeraj | <font color="#618033">Wa</font><font color="#988749">lk</font><font color="#894848">er</font><font color="#204586">aj</font> ]] 16:47, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:Andrewrp|Andrewrp]] ([[User talk:Andrewrp|talk]]) 22:07, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
#[[User:Themfromspace|Themfromspace]] ([[User talk:Themfromspace|talk]]) 11:35, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
#[[User:Hk37|Hk37]]
#[[User:Magnum Serpentine|Magnum Serpentine]] (With drew from project)
#[[User:MarshalN20|MarshalN20]]
#[[User:Webmaster G|Webmaster G]]
#[[User:drmotley|Dr Motley]]
#[[User:I Feel Tired|I Feel Tired]]
#[[User:Unionhawk|Unionhawk]] <sup>[[User talk:Unionhawk|Talk]]</sup> <sup>[[Special:EmailUser/Unionhawk|E-mail]]</sup> 04:08, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
#[[User:Cactusjump|Cactusjump]] ([[User talk:Cactusjump|talk]]) 22:48, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
#[[User:J Milburn|J Milburn]] ([[User talk:J Milburn|talk]])
# [[User:Ohconfucius|Ohconfucius]] ([[User talk:Ohconfucius|talk]])
#<span style="color:green">Ten Pound Hammer</span>, his otters and a clue-bat • <sup>([[Special:Contributions/TenPoundHammer|Many otters]] • [[:User talk:TenPoundHammer|One bat]] • [[User:TenPoundHammer|One hammer]])</sup> 01:22, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
#[[User:Denisarona|Denisarona]]
#[[User:gz33|<font color="navy">'''gz'''</font><sup><font color="LightSeaGreen">'''33'''</font></sup>]] ([[User talk:gz33|talk]]) 07:18, 20 June 2010 (UTC)
#[[User:DFS|DFS]]
#[[user:Pereirab04|Pereirab04]]
#[[User:Pysrinivaspeddi619|<strong><font color="FF0000">P.SRINIVAS</font></strong>]] ([[User talk:Pysrinivaspeddi619|TALK]])
#[[User:Vimalmaster|vimalmaster]] 
#[[User:Mrmagikpants|Mr.Magik-Pants]] ([[User talk:Mrmagikpants|talk]]) 15:02, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
# [[User:GenQuest|<span style="color:Purple; text-shadow:brown 0.1em 0.2em 0.1em;">GenQuest</span>]] <small><sup>[[User talk:GenQuest|<span style="color:Purple; text-shadow:brown 0.1em 0.2em 0.1em;">"Talk to Me"</span>]]</sup></small> 17:58, 17 January 2013 (UTC)
#[[User:Laurenthian|Laurenthian]] ([[User talk:Laurenthian|talk]]) 03:41, 2 February 2014 (UTC)
#[[User:XXSNUGGUMSXX|XXSNUGGUMSXX]]
#[[User:IPadPerson|IPadPerson]] 02:20, 10 December 2014 (UTC)
#[[User:ElfLady64|ElfLady64]] 03:52, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
#<span style="white-space:nowrap;font-family:'Trebuchet MS'">[[User:SMcCandlish|'''SMcCandlish''' ☺]] [[User talk:SMcCandlish|☏]] [[Special:Contributions/SMcCandlish|¢]] ≽<sup>ʌ</sup>ⱷ҅<sub>ᴥ</sub>ⱷ<sup>ʌ</sup>≼ </span> 04:58, 25 June 2016 (UTC)
#[[user:ThadeusOfNazereth|ThadeusOfNazereth]]
#[[user:HenryTemplo|HenryTemplo]]
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