Board Thread:Wiki-Related Discussion/@comment-91424-20161128115947

I suggest that we expand the format of our creatures/species articles, and add a new section for biology and lifestyle/culture. I'm not a fan of the way that the trivia section in these article has become a place where where we basically dump everything that does not fit into the intro, infobox and history section. Trivia is supposed to be about the more obscure details, and some of the information listed in the trivia section for creatures is anything but obscure. Some of it is even major plot points, which trivia was never meant to include, but it is listed under trivia simply because there is nowhere else to put it.

One good example is the trivia section for the fairies article: "Only female fairies have appeared in the series." / "There is an unknown, likely large number of fairies." /"Most of the fairies are in charge of children, as they become their "fairy godmothers"." / "Fairies are able to have children with humans." This kind of info, is not trivia.

Another good example, is the article about Giant Squids. "Giant Squids are able to produce an ink which can temporarily paralyze any magical being." Yeah, we all know that... It is a major plot point which has been mentioned and established several times, and is definitely not trivia. It would be better to list this kind of info in a special section about biology, where we can explain the species' characteristics and properties.

Yet another example is Dwarves. "There are no female dwarves." / "Dwarves don't fall in love. Grumpy is an exception because his egg is accelerated by fairy dust, which was accidentally dropped by Nova." These are plot points, not trivia.

So instead of listing a species' characteristics in the trivia section, I suggest that we create have separate sections for this kind of info. Biology for physical and mental characteristics, and Culture for characteristics related to lifestyle. Or we can combine the two into one section (like Biology and Culture), or call them something else, if that's what you prefer.

Thoughts? 