RuneScape:Trivia policy

This page in a nutshell:

Information posted in trivia sections of articles must be proven and unsuitable for other parts of the article. If in doubt, leave it out.

Most additions to trivia sections are random bits of information, true and false, that people add because they may seem interesting. Unfortunately, a lot of these additions are subjective, not notable, misplaced, and often false. Miscellaneous trivia should only be added to articles if it meets the criteria listed below.

Misplaced trivia

Information that can be placed in the main body of an article must be included there. Important or notable information can oftentimes be included in the main body of articles. If the statement cannot be placed in the main body of an article without seeming to be out of place, then the addition is most likely unnecessary. Furthermore, any obvious statements of fact should be avoided in trivia sections. Additionally, trivia sections should not be created if there are no other sections on the article.

For example:

Tormented demons are powerful demons summoned by Lucien.

This can very well and should be included in the first paragraph of information about tormented demons. However,

A recent hidden update makes tormented demons' attacks somewhat harder to predict. They now randomly roar throughout the fight, not just when they change attacks.

This should be removed, as information about the demons' attacks should already be mentioned on the strategy subpage.

Repeated information

Any information mentioned in the body of an article may not be placed in the trivia section. Repeating information is redundant and pointless. If the information can be easily found in the text of the article, adding it as miscellaneous trivia merely clogs up the article with unnecessary bullet points.

For example:

TzKal-Zuk is the most powerful boss monster released in the game to date.

This should already be mentioned in the article.

Article relevance

Statements that do not directly relate to the article should be removed. If a piece of trivia only partially relates or does not relate at all to the article on which it is placed, it should be removed. If a quest NPC is an obvious reference to a famous individual, such a statement should be included on the NPC's page, not the quest article as well.

For example:

The NPC Anna Jones is a reference to Indiana Jones.

This bit of trivia is acceptable if it is placed on her article. However, it is not permissible on the Varrock Museum article.

Price history

Noteworthy statements regarding an item's price history should not be included in an article's trivia section unless they meet the following criteria:

• The information is not readily apparent from the item's Grand Exchange Market Watch graph or the article's changes section.
• The statement would not be better placed elsewhere in the article, such as in the main body.
• Explanations given for any notable price changes should be supported by some form of evidence and not rooted in speculation.

An item being superseded as "best-in-slot" or given new uses is not sufficiently notable to merit mention of price changes in that item's trivia section.

Bugs and glitches

Only notable or historically important bugs and glitches should be included. Nothing should be included that could potentially allow any player to gain an unfair advantage within the game.

Jagex has recommended that players who find a bug or glitch in Old School RuneScape should report it via the in-game interface.

Users tend to upload an image and add text to trivia sections regarding glitches they find when coming across one. All glitch images uploaded must abide by the regulations presented in the images and media policy regarding glitch images.

For example:

Sometimes, milk sellers have no legs while standing still. However, they do have them while walking about.

The "no-legs" glitch affected many players and NPCs alike during the first half of March 2011 when performing certain actions. Because this glitch was fairly widespread, it should have its own section on the Glitch article. Due to the wide array of affected NPCs, the glitch should not be listed on individual pages.

Immediately after the ring of wealth update on 15 March 2011, the Corporeal Beast dropped sigils upon almost every death while a ring of wealth was equipped. This caused an immediate decline in the price of all sigils.

This glitch is fairly notable as it effected the sharp decrease of sigil and spirit shield prices in a short period of time. However, it only became allowable to record this fact on the RuneScape Wiki once the glitch had been fixed and could no longer be abused.

If you stand by the ivy spot on the south wall of castle wars and rotate your camera so that you are facing the inside of the inside of the ivy wall, a huge black line appears in the sky.

This glitch is not notable as it is merely a minor graphics glitch. It does not affect gameplay in any way and should not be listed.

Ordinality

Whether or not an item, NPC, or other facet of the game was the "first" to have a certain attribute should not be mentioned. If the fact that this was the first of its kind is significant, it should be mentioned in the body of the article.

For example:

Nex is the first monster to possess a combat level above 1000.

This is most likely mentioned in some fashion in the article text.

References

If something is not an obvious reference, leave it out. If it is quite possible that a character, item, quest, or other object in the game is referencing multiple people, places, or events, do not include it. Only clear-cut references may be added.

For example:

Col. O'Niall's surname may come from Pedron Niall, a character from The Wheel of Time.

This piece of trivia is unacceptable as there is absolutely no evidence of such a correlation. Similarities based solely on parts of names are not considered notable enough to hypothesize a correlation. However,

Col. Jake O'Niall is a reference to Colonel Jack O'Neill from the Stargate franchise.

The common attributes of name and activity make this a valid reference.

Speculation

Baseless speculation is not allowed on any article, let alone trivia sections. Any statement with a dubious level of certainty should either be removed or rephrased to reflect only what is factually correct and proven.

Sometimes references and jokes in the game are obvious but unproveable, in which case they do not need to meet a "beyond a reasonable doubt" standard, but if a reasonable person acquainted with the purported source material would conclude the trivia is spurious, it should be discarded.

Examples of baseless speculation:

• The name "Gu'Tanoth" is a play on the colloquial phrase "good enough."
  • While this would be on-brand for Jagex humour, it is quite a stretch.
• The albatross NPC is a reference to The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
  • Albatrosses are featured in that poem, but they are also real. More connections would need to be made.

Baseless speculation like these should be removed unless there is any official source of proof supporting it. If there is, the proof should be cited and referenced.

Sometimes speculative trivia can be rephrased to be non-speculative, rather than discarded altogether:

• If a player has an existing gravestone, upon death it will rotate by a random multiple of 45°, perhaps due to the character "rolling in their grave."

Just the non-speculative portion should be kept:

• If a player has an existing gravestone, upon death it will rotate by a random multiple of 45°.

Examples of unproven, but well-founded speculation:

• The basement of the house in Slepe is a replication of the Forman Basement from the FOX comedy That '70s Show.
• Joe's bar is next door to another bar owned by Mama. Together their names form "Joe Mama", or "yo mama."
• It's hinted that the Weird Old Man may be the famed bug hunter and kalphite researcher Iqbar Ali-Abdula. According to one of the natural historians in the Varrock Museum, Iqbar was driven insane by his research and ran off into the desert.
• Morgan probably sleeps in his bed free from the terror of vampyres because of the infinite supply of garlic in his cupboard.
  • This is a whimsical extrapolation, but one that is firmly grounded in lore. Headcanon, however, does not belong on an article.

Neutrality

No non-neutral information should be added to any article, let alone trivia sections. Neutrality should be preserved throughout all articles, and subjective or biased material should be removed.

For example:

Most people prefer the crystal bow since there is no need to keep buying arrows.

It has never been established that "most people" prefer this bow. As such, this statement is subjective and must be left out.

See also

• RS:LORE