WikiMac:Stub
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A WikiMac clipping is an article with sparse amounts of information on it. Elsewhere (as on Wikipedia), they are referred to as stubs. WikiMac uses the term clipping out of inspiration of clipping files, which sprung up under System 7.5. Clippings themselves are files with bits and pieces of information -- typically sparse and incomplete.
As Wikipedia puts it:
- A stub is a very short article, generally of one paragraph or less. Most stubs fail to cover all but the most trivial subjects completely. However, this does not mean the stub is not a legitimate article—it just needs to be expanded.
At WikiMac, a WikiMac clipping should meet three requirements:
- less than three paragraphs or lines;
- less than 300 words, waived only if the previous requirement was met;
- no images, although this is waived if the article exceeds three lines or 300 words.
Basically, any article that makes you go, "Jeez, that's a heckuva short article!" is a WikiMac clipping.
[edit] How to alert people to the presence of WikiMac clippings
Add the following into the page, at the bottom:
- {{stub}}
That's it. People will see this:
The page will, additionally, be categoriesed into the "WikiMac Clipping" category. This very page, too, will be there, although it is not, strictly speaking, a WikiMac clipping.
[edit] How to expand clippings
- Work on the page.
- When it no longer "looks like a WikiMac clipping" or has met the requirements as listed above, remove the {{clipping}} message.
[edit] What are not WikiMac clippings
- Incomplete lists: These are generated when there are more than two sections without any kind of information whatsoever.
- Graffiti: When any page has been vandalized, they cannot be considered WikiMac clippings -- clippings are innocent, graffiti is not.
- Keyboard banging: If a page containing text that may have come as a result of random keyboard banging, it's not a stub. For example, a page with nothing more than text such as iarewjgjiuwes ugvicyn68478587 is an obvious sign of keyboard banging.
Remember WikiMac's basic principle on WikiMac clippings:
