https://rocwiki.org/Stub/DefinitionRecent Changes of the page "Stub/Definition" on Rochester Wiki.en-us https://rocwiki.org/Stub/Definitionhttps://rocwiki.org/Stub/Definition?action=diff&version1=1&version2=2&ts=12224850272008-09-27T03:10:27ZBradMandelladd ref to stub/talk <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Stub/Definition<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 5: </td> <td> Line 5: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <span>-</span> If you make or find a stub, add this special text to ask other users to make the article longer. The easy way to do this is to use the short-cut: {{{[[Include(Stub)]]}}} </td> <td> <span>+</span> If you make or find a stub, add this special text to ask other users to make the article longer. The easy way to do this is to use the short-cut: {{{[[Include(Stub)]]}}}<span>&nbsp;See also ["Stub/Talk"].</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div> https://rocwiki.org/Stub/Definitionhttps://rocwiki.org/Stub/Definition?action=diff&version1=0&version2=1&ts=11713029252007-02-12T17:55:25Zadamdewitz+ stub info (props Davis wiki) <div id="content" class="wikipage content"> Differences for Stub/Definition<p><strong></strong></p><table> <tr> <td> <span> Deletions are marked with - . </span> </td> <td> <span> Additions are marked with +. </span> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Line 1: </td> <td> Line 1: </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> <span>+ A '''stub''' is an article which is ["Stub Pages List" clearly too short, but not so short as to be useless.] In general, it must be long enough to at least define the article's title, which generally means 3 to 10 short sentences. Note that a longer article may be a stub if the topic is complex enough; conversely, a short article on a topic which has a very narrow scope may not be a stub.<br> + <br> + Another way to define a stub is an article so incomplete that an editor who knows little or nothing about the topic could improve its content after a superficial internet search or a few minutes in a reference library. An article that can be improved by only a rather knowledgeable editor, or after significant research, may not be a stub.<br> + <br> + If you make or find a stub, add this special text to ask other users to make the article longer. The easy way to do this is to use the short-cut: {{{[[Include(Stub)]]}}}<br> + <br> + For a list of stub pages you can improve on RocWiki, see ["Stub Pages List"].</span> </td> </tr> </table> </div>