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{{Nutshell|An article too short and incomplete to provide more than rudimentary information about a subject should be marked as a '''stub''' by adding the stub template to the end of the article. Unless the page is protected, anyone can edit a stub article, including the removal of the stub template if the article has reached a level of maturity to justify the removal.}}


A '''stub''' is an article which is deemed too short and incomplete to provide in-depth encyclopedic coverage of a subject.

==Basic information==
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A '''stub''' is an article that lacks the breadth of coverage expected from a wiki, but still provides some useful information and is capable of expansion. Non-article pages, such as disambiguation pages, lists, categories, templates, talk pages, and redirects, are not regarded as stubs.

If a stub has little verifiable information, or if its subject has no apparent notability, or relevance to Openfront, it may be deleted or be merged into another relevant article.

Sizable articles are usually not considered stubs, even if they have significant problems or are noticeably incomplete.

===Removing stub status===
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Once a stub has been properly expanded and becomes a larger article, any editor may remove its stub template. No [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]] action or formal permission is needed. Stub templates are usually located at the bottom of the page, and usually have a name like {{tlc|stub}} if you are using the classic wikitext editor rather than the Visual Editor.

Many articles still marked as stubs have in fact been expanded beyond what is regarded as stub size. If an article is too large to be considered a stub but still needs expansion, the stub template may be removed and appropriate {{tl|expand section}} templates may be added (no article should contain both a stub template and an expand template).
[[Openfront:Be bold|Be bold]] in removing stub tags that are clearly no longer applicable.