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==What is a stub?==
==What is a stub?==
A stub is any page that is short and stubby... an unfinished article.
A stub is any page that is short and stubby: an unfinished article. The term first turned up in the wikipedia and are generally credited with inventing the idea. A page marked with a ''stub'' means someone or many people feel something more can be said to the article.


The term first turned up in the wikipedia and they are generally credited with inventing the idea.
It is generally felt a stub is good as it is one step closer to a full article and a million miles further forward than no article at all.


A page marked [[stub]] means that someone or many people feel that there could be more said.
To mark a page as a stub, type '''<nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki>''' at the end of the article before the categories.


==is a stub good or bad==
[[Category:Help]]
It is generally felt that a stub is good as it is one step closer to a full article and a million miles further forward than no article at all.
 
It is something that can grow, be added to and get bigger.  Like a sapling.
 
To mark a page as a stub, type '''<nowiki>{{Stub}}</nowiki>''' at the end.
 
{{Stub}}
 
[[category: meta]]

Revision as of 00:42, 28 September 2006

What is a stub?

A stub is any page that is short and stubby: an unfinished article. The term first turned up in the wikipedia and are generally credited with inventing the idea. A page marked with a stub means someone or many people feel something more can be said to the article.

It is generally felt a stub is good as it is one step closer to a full article and a million miles further forward than no article at all.

To mark a page as a stub, type {{Stub}} at the end of the article before the categories.