MEpedia:Stub

A stub is an incomplete page, or a brief page in need of expansion. You can see a complete list of stub pages here.

Marking a page as a "stub"

If you see a page that needs further expansion, or if you create a page but can not finish it, you can add a “stub” template tag to the page.

To learn how to insert a “stub” template tag, see Help:Visual editor. If you’re using the source editor, see Help:Source editor.

If you want to create a page, but don't have time to finish it

If you want to create a page, but don't have enough time to finish it, you can write as much as you can, and then mark the page as a "stub". However, if you don't even have time to write a complete introduction for the page, it may be best to mark the page as a "wanted" page, instead of as a "stub" page.

Marking a page as a "wanted" page, instead of as a "stub" page

If you want to indicate that a new page should be created for a topic, simply create links to that page from some other pages. Each link will show up in red, since the page does not yet exist. These red links mark the page as a "wanted" page, and the page will then appear in Special:WantedPages. (To find pages that should link to the "wanted" page, simply search for the page name or similar names, and you will get a list of pages that mention the page name or similar name.)

If you want the new page to be created in a particular category, you may be able to edit the category's page to add a link to the wanted page in this section:

Please create pages for
(remove any blue links from this section)

The page will then appear in Special:WantedPages, as well as in the category page. (If the category page doesn't yet have this section you can copy it from the MEpedia:Article outlines page using the source editor.)

Learn more

• For more information, see Wikipedia:Stub.