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Basic Information

A stub is an article that doesn't yet contain enough information to be considered well-researched, well-written or well-cited. The stub category is only removed from an article once the article is deemed well-researched, well-written and well-cited by the broader Anabaptistwiki community. An article usually falls under the stub category when it is first created. Only after multiple revisions is it usually ready to be considered a full fledged article. If an article contains little information relevant to the Global Anabaptist church, it will be deleted.

When you create a stub, try to provide enough information that will make expanding upon the article easy. Try to provide useful context for the article. To begin, undertake some general research, determine some initial descriptive facts about the subject matter and include this in your initial draft. For example, state where the group or organization is from, what it is noted for, and/or its size. Next, try to expand upon this information. Link internally to related articles, or link externally to relevant websites. Include a bibliography of the sources you have used and identify other sources that might be helpful for future research.

Remember, accurate but incomplete information is better than no information at all. Stubs provide a solid foundation for editors who have more knowledge about the specific subject to build upon later.

Marking an Article as a Stub

To mark an article as a stub insert the "stub" template at the top of the article page right below the language template. This will notify the reader that information for this article is incomplete and that he or she should add more information as he or she is able. Moreover, this template will place the article in a stubs category that lists all existing stubs on Anabaptistwiki.

Language Policy for Stubs

When you insert the "stub" template you place the article in an Article Stub category. The article stub category page contains a list of all the article stubs that need additional content. To ensure that Article Stubs are organized according to language, you should use a distinct article stub template for each different language. To do so, simply add the appropriate language code to the stub template. For example, if you want to identify a Spanish translation of an article as a stub insert the "stub/es" template. To learn more about language codes click here.

Templates

The following are stub templates for English, French, German, and Spanish:

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 ==Basic Information==
-A article stub is an article that does provide enough information for encyclopedic coverage of a subject but is not too short to provide some useful information.  While most articles are never complete and can be improved upon, articles with significant information are not considered stubs.  If an article contains little information relevant to the Global Anabaptist church, then it will be deleted.
+A stub is an article that doesn't yet contain enough information to be considered well-researched, well-written or well-cited.  The stub category is only removed from an article once the article is deemed well-researched, well-written and well-cited by the broader Anabaptistwiki community.  An article usually falls under the stub category when it is first created.  Only after multiple revisions is it usually ready to be considered a full fledged article.  If an article contains little information relevant to the Global Anabaptist church, it will be deleted.
-When you write a stub, try to provide enough information to make it easy to expand upon the article.  Try to provide a useful context for the article.  Do some general research and provide some initial descriptive information about the subject on the article page.  For example, state where the group or organization is from, what it is noted for, and/or its size.  Next, try expand upon this information.  Link internally to related articles, or link externally to relevant websites.  Include a bibliography of the sources that you have used and identify other sources that might be helpful for future research.
+When you create a stub, try to provide enough information that will make expanding upon the article easy.  Try to provide useful context for the article.  To begin, undertake some general research, determine some initial descriptive facts about the subject matter and include this in your initial draft.  For example, state where the group or organization is from, what it is noted for, and/or its size.  Next, try to expand upon this information.  Link internally to related articles, or link externally to relevant websites.  Include a bibliography of the sources you have used and identify other sources that might be helpful for future research.
-Remember, accurate yet incomplete information is better than no information at all.  Stubs provide a foundation that editors who have more knowledge about the specific subject can build on later.
+Remember, accurate but incomplete information is better than no information at all.  Stubs provide a solid foundation for editors who have more knowledge about the specific subject to build upon later.
 ==Marking an Article as a Stub==
-To mark an article as a stub insert the following template at the top of the article page: <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code>.  This will notify the reader that the information is incomplete and that the reader should add more information as he or she is able.  Moreover, this template will place the article in an article stubs category that lists all the article stubs that exist on the site.
+To mark an article as a stub insert the [[:template:stub|"stub" template]] at the top of the article page right below the language template.  This will notify the reader that information for this article is incomplete and that he or she should add more information as he or she is able.  Moreover, this template will place the article in a stubs category that lists all existing stubs on Anabaptistwiki.
-To identify specific sections that are incomplete within a larger article that has significant encyclopedic information insert the following template under the section heading: <code><nowiki>{{Expand-section}}</nowiki></code>.  This will notify the reader that a specific section is still incomplete.
-If you feel that an article is not a stub but still needs to be expanded considerably insert the following template at the top of the article: <code><nowiki>{{Expand}}</nowiki></code>.  This template should never be used in conjunction with the stub template.  If you feel an article needs more information use either the stub template or the expand template, never both.
 ==Language Policy for Stubs==
-When you insert the <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code> template you place the article in an [[:Category:Article stubs|Article Stub]] category.  The article stub category page contains a list of all the article stubs that need additional content.  To ensure that Article Stubs are organized according to language, you should use a distinct article stub template for each different language.  To do so, simply add the appropriate [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy#Language Codes|language code]] to the stub template.  For example, if you want to identify a Spanish translation of an article as a stub insert the following template <code><nowiki>{{stub/es}}</nowiki></code>.  To learn more about language codes click [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy#Language Codes|here]].
+When you insert the [[:template:stub|"stub" template]] you place the article in an [[:Category:Article stubs|Article Stub]] category.  The article stub category page contains a list of all the article stubs that need additional content.  To ensure that Article Stubs are organized according to language, you should use a distinct article stub template for each different language.  To do so, simply add the appropriate [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy#Language Codes|language code]] to the stub template.  For example, if you want to identify a Spanish translation of an article as a stub insert the [[:template:stub/es|"stub/es" template]].  To learn more about language codes click [[Anabaptistwiki:Language policy#Language Codes|here]].
+===Templates===
 The following are stub templates for English, French, German, and Spanish:
-* English: <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code>
+* English: [[:template:stub|Template:stub]]
-* French: <code><nowiki>{{stub/fe}}</nowiki></code>
+* French: [[:template:stub/fr|Template:stub/fr]]
-* German: <code><nowiki>{{stub/de}}</nowiki></code>
+* German: [[:template:stub/de|Template:stub/de]]
-* Spanish: <code><nowiki>{{stub/es}}</nowiki></code>
+* Spanish: [[:template:stub/es|Template:stub/es]]
-While some articles may be complete in one language, they still may need to be translated into other languages.  Listed below are category pages that list article stubs according to language.
+===Categories===
+For high-level pages like the main page and country pages, some articles may be considered full articles in one language but may still be considered stubs in other languages.  Listed below are category pages that list article stubs according to language.
 * English Article Stubs: [[:Category:Article stubs]]
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 * German Article Stubs: [[:Category:Article stubs/de]]
 * Spanish Article Stubs: [[:Category:Article stubs/es]]
+[[Category:Policy]]