Difference between revisions of "Wikipedia:Stub"

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A stub is an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopaedic coverage of a subject, but not so short as to provide no useful information. Sizeable articles are usually not considered stubs, even if they lack wikification or copy editing. With these articles, a clean up template is usually added instead of a stub template. Note that if a small article has little properly sourced information, or if its subject has no inherent notability, it may be deleted or be merged into another relevant article.

Any registered editor may start a stub article.

When you write a stub, bear in mind that it should contain enough information for other editors to expand upon it. The key is to provide adequate context — articles with little or no context usually end up being speedily deleted. Your initial research may be done either through books or reliable websites. You may also contribute knowledge acquired from other sources, but it is useful to conduct some research beforehand, in order to ensure that your facts are accurate and unbiased. Use your own words: directly copying other sources is plagiarism, and may in some cases be a violation of copyright.

A stub is created by add these characters {{stub}} to the top of the article.

Links[edit]

• Wikipedia on Stubs