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A stub is a short, essentially content-free page created to fill out the article title space, serve as a target for wiki links, and/or prompt the creation of needed articles. '''It is a good thing for you to expand and improve these articles.'''  
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A stub is a short, essentially content-free page created to fill out the article title space, serve as a target for links, and/or prompt the creation of needed articles. It may also be that a piece of relevant information on a person/organisation has been added on a page without it being expanded into an article. '''It is a good thing for you to expand and improve these articles.'''  
  
To find a stub, simply go to [[:Category:Stubs]] and click one of the links. If you're looking for a stub related to a particular subject, you might try putting a keyword or two in the search box along with the word "stub".
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To find a stub, simply go to [[Special:Shortpages]] and click one of the links.
 
 
If you have expanded an article to the point where you feel it covers its topic at a basic level, please remove the <nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki> tag from the article (it's usually at the very top of an article but can also be found at the very bottom) so that it is automatically removed from the [[:Category:Stubs|stub category]].
 
  
 
==Other articles that need love==
 
==Other articles that need love==
* [[Special:Shortpages]]: These are likely to be stubs.
 
 
* [[Special:Lonelypages]]: Orphan pages with no links. These may be suitable for rescue as stubs, then full articles.
 
* [[Special:Lonelypages]]: Orphan pages with no links. These may be suitable for rescue as stubs, then full articles.
 
* [[Special:Wantedpages]]: Articles have linked to nonexistent pages with these titles. Many are variant forms of the titles of existing articles which need to be fixed or redirected.
 
* [[Special:Wantedpages]]: Articles have linked to nonexistent pages with these titles. Many are variant forms of the titles of existing articles which need to be fixed or redirected.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:38, 11 November 2008

A stub is a short, essentially content-free page created to fill out the article title space, serve as a target for links, and/or prompt the creation of needed articles. It may also be that a piece of relevant information on a person/organisation has been added on a page without it being expanded into an article. It is a good thing for you to expand and improve these articles.

To find a stub, simply go to Special:Shortpages and click one of the links.

Other articles that need love

  • Special:Lonelypages: Orphan pages with no links. These may be suitable for rescue as stubs, then full articles.
  • Special:Wantedpages: Articles have linked to nonexistent pages with these titles. Many are variant forms of the titles of existing articles which need to be fixed or redirected.