Board Thread:Wiki Discussions/@comment-3448772-20130914173941

Since we are trying to clean up some of the stub articles to get the Nintendo Wiki spotlighted, I decided I should outline exactly what a stub is.

According to Nintendo:Stubs:

"Stubs are articles that have insufficient information. Stubs are generally small articles that can be greatly expanded. They usually contain a paragraph or less."

Simply, stubs are articles that don't give enough information to convey the topic to the reader.

For an article to not be a stub it must have enough info so that the reader can understand the subject of the article. So basically, if by reading the article you understand its subject, then it isn't a stub.

For a full understanding of this, then let's look at four different articles.


 * 10 Pin Bowling - Articles like this are somewhat common. It is an article that is mostly a blank slate, as it contains basic information, but doesn't really tell the reader much about it's subject. Articles like this are stubs.
 * Henry (Fire Emblem) - Articles like this aren't very common. It is an article that contains a lot of templates with data related to the subject, but it doesn't really have much information about the subject. Articles like this are stubs, because they really don't tell the reader much about the subject, despite their large (visual) size.
 * Hero (Dragon Quest IX) - Articles like this are somewhat common. It is an article that gives just enough information to convey the subject to the reader. Articles like this are not stubs. While they don't have much content, they are able to convey the subject enough that the reader can understand what the subject is. Articles like this are certainly not perfect, being Class D articles, but they are not stubs.
 * Heat Man - Articles like this are somewhat common. It is an article that gives a very good amount of information about its subject. Articles like this generally aren't completely perfect, usually being Class C articles or Class B articles, they are definitely not stubs.

If you have any questions about what stubs are, or need clarification on if a specific article is a stub or not feel free to post here. 