Craft Chat What's it called when...

[JoanUP]

Is there a term for when a writer is overly detailed, making it obvious they just want to work in factoids to the writing?
I'm rereading my WIP in prep for a beta read, and am finding sections where it's painfully obvious that I tried to make use of the historical research I did.
I've been marking these spots with "Ugh" but wondering if there is a more appropriate term to flag the sections.

 

[Vagabond Heart]

Ugh sounds good to me.
But how about 'wordy' or 'infodump'?

 

[Sedayne]

I don't know if there's a term for it, but I call these things 'explainers.' I make it my mission to remove all my explainers and see if the story can stand up without them. It usually can.
But I like the term 'Ugh' too.

 

[JoanUP]

Ugh sounds good to me.
But how about 'wordy' or 'infodump'?

The thing with infodumps is that sometimes the actual information is needed, and just needs to be rewritten as dialog, or maybe presented later, not as backstory. In my case, it is all senseless crap. Or maybe it once had potential to be relevant, but as the story evolved, it wasn't used, so needs to be cut.