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=== What is not trivia === | === What is not trivia === | ||
* Trivia items should not be obvious to anyone who has played | * Trivia items should not be obvious to anyone who has played through Portal or Portal 2. Unfortunately "obvious" may have a subjective definition as veteran players may have a different opinion on what is obvious compared to novice players. Something that is inevitably discovered simply by playing the game or casually studying the subject in question should be considered "obvious" and thus not trivia. | ||
* Trivia should not state how a characteristic of an item relates to the characteristics of others. This includes, but is not limited to, listing other items that share a certain characteristic, listing items that that do not share a certain characteristic, stating that an item is the first or only item to have a certain characteristic, etc. Often this will be in the form of "This is the first ''X'' to ...", "This is the only ''X'' to..." or "This is one of ''N'' ''X''s to...". | * Trivia should not state how a characteristic of an item relates to the characteristics of others. This includes, but is not limited to, listing other items that share a certain characteristic, listing items that that do not share a certain characteristic, stating that an item is the first or only item to have a certain characteristic, etc. Often this will be in the form of "This is the first ''X'' to ...", "This is the only ''X'' to..." or "This is one of ''N'' ''X''s to...". | ||