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Debuts/Final appearances/making it past a certain round for the first time
There appears to lack a guide or format to which robots are deemed notable for trivia in episode articles. I've just gone on a romp through Series 4-7 and removed chunks of information I deem unworthy of trivia status. There are three main trivia categories that we have issue with:


 * Debuts - what robots are significant enough to have their debut noted?


 * Final appearances - what robots should be noted as having their final appearances? What is a final appearance (considering Roaming Robots)


 * X made it past the Y round for the first time in Z attempts - when should this be noted, if ever?

My personal believe is that debuts should be reserved for the following:
 * Semi-Finalists of any UK Championship, if they entered more than two series in total.
 * Consistently high profile robots such as Diotoir, S.M.I.D.S.Y. or The Steel Avenger.
 * Robots that would go on to enormous success in Roaming Robots (Big Nipper, Iron Awe, Kronic the Wedgehog)
 * Not acceptable - debut of Velocirippa.

On Final appearances, I believe only the following should be noted:
 * Significant UK finalists
 * Consistently high profile robots like Diotoir, S.M.I.D.S.Y. or The Steel Avenger.
 * Not acceptable - final appearance of Team Monad and Team Death.

An on making it past the certain round, I would like to reserve that only for robots like Razer.
 * That being said, should we also have a consensus on noting when robots failed to make a certain stage for the first time? Firestorm, Chaos 2 and Hypno-Disc all have these but I think these are easier and more notable.
 * Not acceptable - Reptirron made it past the first round for the first time.

What do you all think? I'm aware that my post may contradict my actions but I'd like to set out a format for this from now, then make any corrections later.  Toon Ganondorf    (t    c)  23:19, January 6, 2013 (UTC)