Hijacking Trivia on Disney Animated Classics

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Someone has been hijacking the Trivia pages of some of the animated Disney classics like Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Cinderella. There are a host of irrelevant tidbits that are more suited to a history course rather than the films themselves or the production of such.

For example, this is one tidbit from Fantasia, which seems better suited to a biography about Beethoven:

The "Pastoral Symphony" and other Ludwig van Beethoven
works released in 1808 helped improve their creator's reputation and
contributed to a conflict between musical patrons in 1809. Beethoven had spent most of his musical career in Vienna and financially depended on the patronage of the city's upper class. Some of his works earned him considerable rewards, but his income was far from steady. In January, 1809 he received an offer of permanent employment by Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia (1784-1860, reigned 1807-13). His patrons in Vienna, led by Archduke Rudolf of Austria (1788-1831), counteroffered a permanent contract and an annual payment of 4,000 florins. Beethoven's financial prospects at the time were the best of his career, and he was able to secure a decent contract with his Viennese patrons.


Here is another from Fantasia, which is suited better to a Greek Mythology class:

The name "Dionysus" for the god Bacchus, featured in the "Pastoral Symphony" segment, had a disputed etymology in antiquity. A popular etymology derived the name from the mountain "Nysa", where the god was supposedly born and raised. However, ancient writers identified this mysterious mountain with locations in different countries, ranging from west in Libya (Africa) to east in India. It might not have existed at all. Another explanation was that the name derived from "nusa", an archaic Greek term for "tree". This etymology derives from the writings of philosopher Pherecydes of Syros (6th century BC). Modern writers have instead suggested that the name has an etymology from languages other than Greek. For example, some connect the name to the city Nesa, an Assyrian and Hittite center in Anatolia. The Hittites called their language "nesili" ("the language of Nesa").

There are numerous examples of this kind of irrelevance on this and the other aforementioned Disney classic pages. As far as I am concerned, this information does not belong here. Problem is that I have been tagging them for removal and they just keep popping back up. Looks like someone has chosen to hijack these pages for their own gratification.

Staff, please be on the lookout for people like this. I used to enjoy coming back to the Trivia sections for these Disney classics but I am now turned off by this nonsense.

Thank you.
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Frank: For what it's worth, I agree with you that both of the trivia items you quoted don't seem relevant to the film Fantasia. However, under IMDb policy as currently stated, that does not mean that they are supposed to be deleted. (Those items did have to get accepted in the first place, after all, so somebody on the IMDb staff must have thought they were okay at some time.)

The policy currently states: 
If you think a trivia item is 'irrelevant' or 'not interesting', rather than submit a delete request, please vote the item down. ...
Please only submit a delete request when the item in question is factually incorrect or an exact duplicate of another on the site.
So I recommend voting such items as "not interesting".