Template talk:Stub

A nice gray border might be good. Para Yoshi ^Wahoo! 19:32, 18 October 2006 (EDT)

Nooooo... Not really. 3dejong

I don't think it looks very nice. It kind of separates the template from the article. Monty Mole (Talk·Contribs) 19:43, 18 October 2006 (EDT)

I made it look a little better. Yep, still don't think it's needed. --Steve (talk) 19:46, 18 October 2006 (EDT)

Thats good. XyzCoRy123ABC 04:03, 14 October 2008 (EDT)

Hey...

Since any article that is a stub is deleted, why do we still HAVE this template? TheGreatBlockyBoo 19:02, 25 August 2007 (EDT)

There are still a ton of stub articles on the wiki that were previously created. -- Son of Suns

About stubs.... What if there is little info and no way to get more? TheGreatBlockyBoo 20:29, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

There should always be a way to get more info. Be creative! -- Son of Suns

So... Once the stubs are gone, the template goes too? Max2 (talk)

Well, we don't need to delete it, just in case stubs become okay again (which won't happen until we expand our current stubs). -- Son of Suns

<.> Why is it that we hate stubs? TheGreatBlockyBoo 20:43, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

I don't think we should be deleting any stub articles, isn't SOME info better then NONE? ~Uniju(T-C-E)

Well most articles only state obvious and can hurt the wikis image, I'd rather have no info then one line stubs. Xzelion^ETC

Well, there's a difference between "Pirate Goomba is a Pirate goomba." style article and other that state some info, but could be expanded greatly.

Gofer

WHAT HE SAID. TheGreatBlockyBoo 20:55, 26 August 2007 (EDT)

S***. Some info is better than none. XyzCoRy123ABC 04:03, 14 October 2008 (EDT)

Stub or Rewrite-expand?

Is there any policy of when to use this template and when that one? To me, they seem to serve exactly the same purpose. I always wonder which to use on short articles (using both seems redundant). Time Questions 13:16, 19 September 2008 (EDT)

The way I saw it used, Stub seems to be used for articles that amount to nothing more than "X is a character/items/thing in [game]", while RW-expand is for article that do have informations, but incredibly unspecific and poorly written. But yeah, there's no policy for those templates. --Blitzwing 14:15, 19 September 2008 (EDT)

Revision

Is it cool if I replace the link on "stub" to PipeProject:Unstubify instead of the category? The link to the category is unnecessary anyway since it shows up at the bottom.--Knife (talk) 17:38, 24 December 2009 (EST)

Fine for me. BUt it will still categorize them, right? --™ The 'Shroom 17:45, 24 December 2009 (EST)

Yup, categorizing is a totally different feature thanks to <includeonly> Marioguy1 (talk)

That's actually a splendid idea! - Gabumon^(talk) 18:24, 24 December 2009 (EST)

Merge {{sectionstub}} contents with {{stub}}

This talk page section contains an unresolved talk page proposal. Please try to help and resolve the issue by voting or leaving a comment.

Current time: Thursday, April 3, 2025, 07:15 GMT

I am proposing here instead of at {{sectionstub}} because I thought it would be neater that way. Anyways, I had a discussion over at Template talk:Sectionstub about merging {{stub}} with {{sectionstub}} and came up with User:Wildgoosespeeder/Stub/sandbox that is being used on File:Glide64 2.png for testing. It would also be better to remember and keep track of one less template. Seems kind of redundant to have two. Essentially, I want to match our other templates, such as {{construction}}, {{rewrite}}, and {{rewrite-expand}}, in terms of function (section=yes). I am not totally against doing the opposite, like towards {{rewrite}} for example ({{sectionrewrite}}). I am looking for some consistency with our templates. I didn't know that {{sectionstub}} existed because I was using {{stub}} all this time.

There were concerns about Category:Section Stubs and Category:Stubs. That was already addressed before concerns were raised:
<includeonly>[[Category:{{#if: {{{section|}}}|Section}} Stubs]]</includeonly>

Proposer: Wildgoosespeeder (talk)
Deadline: February 27, 2016, 23:59 GMT

Add section=yes Scripting to {{stub}}

1. Wildgoosespeeder (talk) Sounds like a good idea.

Do Nothing

1. Baby Luigi (talk) Was a little bit late to the party, since I commented here before realizing the proposal is active, but I'll say it again: I think it's better off if those two are different. While I do see the benefits in the long run by a little tweaking around with improvement templates to make them match consistency and therefore make it easier for new and experienced editors alike to use (therefore I completely disagree with the appeal to tradition that we shouldn't improve accessibility because it's too much of a "hassle" while ignoring the long term benefits), I also see the benefits in keeping them separate since they input the article into their own category, namely Category:Section Stubs and Category:Stubs, and I feel these two entities are distinct enough to warrant their own separate category, since one of them is a more serious problem than the other (the serious problem being the stubs that is)

Comments

Baby Luigi (talk), look at File:Glide64 2.png. They do that. --Wildgoosespeeder (talk) ^{(Stats - Contribs)} 03:16, 13 February 2016 (EST)