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==How to mark an article as a stub== | ==How to mark an article as a stub== | ||
Articles are marked as stubs through the use of pre-created templates. They are included on pages simply by typing their name inside two curly braces. For instance: | |||
<pre>{{real world stub}}</pre> | |||
will place the real world stub tag on a page, and automatically send the page to a [[:Category:Real World Stub|list of real world stubs]]. | |||
Exactly where on the page you put the tag is a matter of some variability. It's important that the template be readily apparent to readers, so that they'll understand the article is in a formative stage. Thus on an extremely short article, it probably doesn't matter all that much. But for an article which extends down a bit on the page because of the use of preloaded topic outlines — as with articles about individual stories — it's important to put the tag near the top. Due to the way that stub tags interact with infoboxes, the best place for it on a page with an infobox is immediately between the closing curly brace of the infobox and the first word of the article proper, '''without any spaces or line breaks'''. Thus: | |||
<pre>infobox}}{{TV stub}}'''''The Eleventh Hour''''' was an episode of . . . </pre> | |||
If the article has a quotation at the top, then it, too, must be precisely positioned between the infobox, the stub template, and the first word of the article proper. | |||
<pre>infobox}}{{Quote|Hello|The Doctor|An Unearthly Child}}{{TV stub}}'''''An Unearthly Child''''' was . . .</pre> | |||
==Stub templates== | ==Stub templates== | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[:Category:Stub|The master listing]] of all stubs | *[[:Category:Stub|The master listing]] of all stubs | ||