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Stub
To use the stub template type/copy {{stub}} to mark pages as stubs.
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Essential information about stub
A stub is an article that is too short to provide information coverage of the subject, but not so short as to provide no useful information. You can help our support site by updating information on articles marked as stubs and removing inappropriate stub notices.
Another way to define a stub is an article so incomplete that an editor who knows little or nothing about the topic.
Sizable articles which lack wikification or copy editing are generally not considered stubs. Note that small articles with little information may end up being nominated for deletion.
Removing stub status
Once a stub has been properly expanded and becomes an article rather than just a stub, you or any editor may remove the stub tag from it. No administrator's action or formal permission is needed. Be bold in removing stub tags which are clearly no longer applicable.
Categorizing stubs
Stub template is composed of two distinct parts: first, a short message stating that said article is a stub of a particular kind and encouraging editors to expand it; second, a category link, which places the article in a stub category, together with other stubs with the same subject as it.
Ideal stub article
When you write a stub article, it is important to bear in mind that its main interest is to be expanded, and that thus it ideally contains enough information to give a basis for other editors to expand upon. The key here is to provide adequate context; the extreme case of a very short article with little or no context to allow expansion is a criterion under which articles may be speedily deleted.
Anyone can contribute to complete a stub.
Locating stub
- Category:Stub: the main list of stub categories and of articles contained within them
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