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:What were you trying to add? Bulbapedia discourages sprite trivia because it can easily overload a page with nitpicky trivia points, especially with older sprites. But if the sprite is radically different than the Sugimori art (such as Koffing's Red and Green sprite), we can sometimes find a place for it. And finally, no, trivia should not be useless or pointless. Good trivia must be interesting and informative, despite not contributing to the main body of a page. --[[User:AndyPKMN|AndyPKMN]] 19:15, 26 July 2010 (UTC) | :What were you trying to add? Bulbapedia discourages sprite trivia because it can easily overload a page with nitpicky trivia points, especially with older sprites. But if the sprite is radically different than the Sugimori art (such as Koffing's Red and Green sprite), we can sometimes find a place for it. And finally, no, trivia should not be useless or pointless. Good trivia must be interesting and informative, despite not contributing to the main body of a page. --[[User:AndyPKMN|AndyPKMN]] 19:15, 26 July 2010 (UTC) | ||
:::I can understand the nitpicking. I was adding that Suicune's hexagon piece in G/S is purple and that its chin is blue instead of white in Crystal, which does not match any other artwork from the G/S days or current sprites and artwork. And I guess I didn't mean "pointless" but it's information that is not something that is useful for the article to be complete but just something extra that is interesting, as you said. --'''[[User:InuMimi|<span style="color:#CC99CC">いぬ</span>]][[User talk:InuMimi|<span style="color:#CCCCCC">みみ</span>]]''' 20:20, 26 July 2010 (UTC) | :::I can understand the nitpicking. I was adding that Suicune's hexagon piece in G/S is purple and that its chin is blue instead of white in Crystal, which does not match any other artwork from the G/S days or current sprites and artwork. And I guess I didn't mean "pointless" but it's information that is not something that is useful for the article to be complete but just something extra that is interesting, as you said. --'''[[User:InuMimi|<span style="color:#CC99CC">いぬ</span>]][[User talk:InuMimi|<span style="color:#CCCCCC">みみ</span>]]''' 20:20, 26 July 2010 (UTC) | ||
::::The majority of sprite trivia is too trivial even for trivia (I'm so cool, I used trivia three times in a sentence). With the older games being on systems that didn't support a ton of colors, as well as a general increase in detail as the years have passed, there are bound to be tons of sprite differences, and sorting the notable from the normal is often more work than it's worth. This is why we've had rules against sprite trivia in general. | |||
::::Like AndyPKMN mentioned though, there are occasional exceptions that find their way in, where sprites have changed drastically between generations, but a majority of it isn't worth listing. (like you said, trivia doesn't need to have a point, but it certainly should be at the least interesting, if not also informative.) When in doubt, asking about a particular bit of trivia is certainly the way to go; in Suicune's case, it's debatable (it looks to me like the purple in the G/S sprites was being used as a bit of shading, although it is odd that it was changed in Crystal). But changes in that vein are generally notable (providing they're drastic enough, and appear to have been on purpose). --[[user:Jioruji_Derako|<font color="#237d00"> '''J'''ïörüjï '''Ð'''ērākō.'''>'''</font>]]<small>[[user talk:Jioruji Derako|<font color="#237d00">''.cнаt'''''^'''</font>]]</small> 03:40, 27 July 2010 (UTC) | |||