Category talk:Stubs

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Just what is a stub?

According to Dot com, incomplete articles are not necessarily stubs. He defines a stub as "an article that is so bare bones that it can't be considered encyclopedic yet". This means that barely any of the 165 pages in this category are real stubs. Should we replace the {{stub}} template on 99% of these pages? Should we change the definition of a stub? What should we do about this? What is a stub really? Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 02:24, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

Okay, now I'm more confused. On Talk:Fonts, both It's dot com and DorianGray state that "a stub is a page that's incomplete", and that Fonts will continue to be a stub until every font on the site is listed. This seems contrary to It's dot com's definition I quoted above. Again I ask, what is a stub? Gfdgsgxgzgdrc 22:58, 20 June 2020 (UTC)

As a regular stub-expander, I would say that a stub is an article that's missing certain parts (such as a cartoon without a transcript or a fun facts section). There are several different categories of stubs; regular stubs, section stubs (for those cartoon pages), incomplete lists (for running gags and research trends), and just plain ol' incomplete pages (like the SBCG4AP Responses). But stub tags tend to have inertia and stay on pages long after they're no longer needed. I'd do whatever I can to complete an incomplete list, but if I can't think of any additional examples to add to an already extensive list, does that mean I can pull off the stub tag? -- 68.37.43.131 03:25, 21 June 2020 (UTC)