Wikipedia talk:Stub/Archive 1

message: Help:  There are over 1000 Wikipedia links to "Find or fix a stub", which now redirect to this page.  But this page does not tell you how to find or fix a stub.  Tempshill 23:29, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Finding stubs" section was added, as per request. --Sn0wflake 23:59, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Excellent, thank you.  Tempshill 20:56, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

text: The whole of the article addresses that. Also, pleas sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~) --Sn0wflake 01:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

text: Catagorizing stubs is much easier if the contributor has at least marked them as {stub} at all, I propose changing the Project page stub directions to let new contributors know that it is better to mark the article {stub} then to not mark it at all Xaosflux 05:09, 12 November 2005 (UTC)

text: When the article no longer qualifies as a stub, the stub tag should be removed. That is why the page says "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 admin action or formal permission is needed." Is that unclear? When the stub tag is removed, the article is no longer listed in the stub category, and the stub notice no longer appears at the bottom of the article. DES (talk) 15:07, 16 September 2005 (UTC)

text: A stub can be expanded by adding any relevant information that is not already present. What that might be depends on the article in question. Basically any article with enough content not to be a stub is an article, albiet perhaps a short one. What it takes to be a "full" or "complete" article is another matter -- for the other extreme, see WP:FAC. One important thing that articels should have but many stubs lack is cited sources. See Wikipedia:Cite sources for more on this, and see Wikipedia:Footnote3 for one tool some editors use for this purpose. Another thing is a proper category -- pretty much every article should be in at least one category, and the stub category will be removed when the stub tag is removed. Beyon that there are no particualr rules -- the more reliable, relevant, sourced, NPOV content the better, IMO. Happy editing. DES (talk) 15:54, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: how to find or fix a stub

message: Where can I find the discussion about the removal of images from various stub templates? Zscout370 (Sound Off) 02:30, 22 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia:Suspend use of stub icons. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 01:46, 23 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I've added a line discouraging the use of icons at Wikipedia:Stub#Creating_the_stub_template. Grutness...wha? 13:41, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: removal of images

message: I considered altering and adding stub tags to articles stubbing.  Should we make an article with that name? --SuperDude 15:36, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't quite understand what you meant, but creating such entry would be the same as shooting our own foot, as the intention of this page is reuniting all information about stubs in one place. The term stubbing is somewhat of a neologism, also. That page would be better off redirecting to here. --Sn0wflake 19:57, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That would be a funny irony though...Just H 04:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Stubbing]] 

message: Hello,
Would anyone mind if I added a blurb about the Stubsensor cleanup project (example: User:Triddle/stubsensor/20050516)? Perhaps we can also consolidate and try to come up with good criteria for judging when an article is no longer a stub? Triddle 21:58, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
*Hey there, Triddle. Indeed, your Stubsensor would make a nice addition to this page. I will include it right away. Stub size, on the other hand, is a different matter entirely. Our main problem comes from the fact that there isn't much to say about certain subjects and that there is too much to say about others. There are also articles with little content and huge tables/lists which give very little useful information. So the whole discussion becomes a mess most of the time. But please give your opinion on this matter, either here or on the WP:WSS. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 01:36, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stubsensor cleanup project