Template:In popular culture/doc

This template is used to indicate that an article with "In popular culture" lists may contain a long list of minor or unimportant references. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Trivia sections and Wikipedia:Handling trivia for further guidance.

Do not use this template merely to indicate pop-cultural references; not all pop culture is minor or unimportant trivia.

The template may be placed at the top of a section, or at the top of the article if the issue affects the whole article. See Usage below.

Please note that use of this template can be controversial, so if the placement of it is reverted, do not restore it, as this could be edit warring. Instead, start a discussion on the article's talk page, and either get a consensus for the use of the template, or agreement on which items in the section or article need to be removed so as not to require the use of the template at all.

Usage

This template should not be substituted.

Place {{In popular culture|date=December 2024}} at the top of an article containing too many non-notable "in popular culture" entries.

If the issue pertains only to a particular section, add {{In popular culture|section|date=December 2024}} to the top of it. If the issue pertains only to a particular list, add {{In popular culture|list|date=December 2024}} to the top of it. If the issue pertains only to a particular template, add {{In popular culture|template|date=December 2024}} to the top of it.

The |talk= parameter is used to link to a particular talk page section; set |talk= to the name of the section to cause a link to appear.

The |small= parameter is used to reduce the template in size, as well as affect placement. Setting this to "left" will cause the template to reduce in size and appear on the left of the page.

This template also includes support for using the |date= parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles with trivia sections and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. A bot will add this parameter if it is omitted. Be careful not to abbreviate the date, because then it will automatically add a redlinked category instead of the correct category.

This template sorts articles into Category:Articles with trivia sections from December 2024, a hidden category.

Redirects

• {{Popular culture}}

Closely related templates

General trivia

{{Trivia}} – Suggests relocation of the relevant details in a trivia section, to another section (or article).

{{Trivia section}} – Same as above, but goes at the top of the trivia section, rather than the top of the article.

Relevance and importance

{{Off topic}} – For a section that has wandered from the topic of the article

{{Content}} – For an article or section containing information whose relevance is disputed.

{{Importance section}} – For a section with information that is simply off-topic for the article, and needs removal or relocation to another article.

{{Importance inline}} – For a particular item that is off-topic needs removal or relocation to another article.

{{Refexample}} – For an article or section with poorly cited examples.

{{Better source example}} – For a particular instance of a poorly cited example.

{{Relevance inline}} – For a particular item that doesn't seem to belong in the context at all.

{{Non sequitur}} – For a namedropping of someone or something the relevance of which may not be clear to the reader.

Excessive detail

{{Overly detailed}} – For excessive focus on minute details not of interest to our general readership.

{{Summarize section}} – For sections that are too detailed and need to be summarized.

{{Example farm}} – For excessive use of examples.

{{Too many see alsos}} – For an indiscriminate "See also" section, most of which should be pruned or integrated into the prose.

Topical trivia

{{In popular culture}} – For excessive "popular culture" and "media references" sorts of material.

{{Fiction trivia}} (or {{In-universe}}) – For too many trivial fictional references (or too much "in-universe" detail).

{{Long plot}}, {{All plot}} – For excessively detailed plot summaries.

{{Cleanup book}}, {{Cleanup film}} – For excessive detail about particular types of works (other than plot and fictional or in-universe issues).

{{Game trivia}} – For too much gaming-related trivia.

{{MOSLOW}} – For list that does not follow the Manual of Style for lists of works, e.g. not in chronological order

{{Cleanup university}}, {{Cleanup school}} – For excessive detail about an educational institution.

{{Famous}} – For an indiscriminate list of "famous" people associated in some way with a topic.

{{Localist}} – For local-interest trivia that is unverifiable or otherwise unencyclopedic.

List cleanup

{{Prose}} – Suggests converting into prose a section that consists of a list.

{{Cleanup list}} – For indiscriminate lists that need reduction.

{{List to table}} – For use where a table would be better than a list.

See also

• Category:Cleanup templates
• Wikipedia:"In popular culture" content
• Wikipedia:Handling trivia