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This is a stub template. A brief explanation of these templates follows; for full details please consult Wikipedia:Stub.

What is a stub?[edit source]

A stub is an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject.

How is a stub identified?[edit source]

If possible, try to find the most appropriate stub template for the article. A full list can be found at Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/List_of_stubs.
More than one stub template may be used, if necessary, though no more than four should be used on any article.
Place a stub template at the very end of the article, after the "External links" section, any navigation templates, and the category tags. As usual, templates are added by including their name inside double braces, e.g. {{stub}}.

Further information[edit source]

Further information can be found at:

New stub templates and categories (collectively "stub types") should not be created without prior proposal at Wikipedia. This allows for the proper coordination of all stub types across Wikipedia, and for the checking of any new stub type for possible problems prior to its creation.

See also[edit source]

Template:Empty section – To flag an empty section as a stub section
Template:Expand section – To flag sections selectively as incomplete
Template:Data missing – To flag missing information or other data
Wikipedia:Content assessment

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 === How is a stub identified? ===
-* If possible, try to find the most appropriate stub template for the article. A full list can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/List of stubs]].
+* If possible, try to find the most appropriate stub template for the article. A full list can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/List_of_stubs]].
 * More than one stub template may be used, if necessary, though no more than four should be used on any article.
 * Place a stub template ''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements|at the very end]]'' of the article, after the "External links" section, any navigation templates, and the category tags. As usual, templates are added by including their name inside double braces, e.g. <code><nowiki>{{stub}}</nowiki></code>.
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 Further information can be found at:
 * [[Wikipedia:Stub]]
-* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting]]
+* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting]]
-New stub templates and categories (collectively "stub types") should not be created without prior proposal at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals]]. This allows for the proper coordination of all stub types across Wikipedia, and for the checking of any new stub type for possible problems prior to its creation.
+New stub templates and categories (collectively "stub types") should not be created without prior proposal at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/List_of_stubs Wikipedia]. This allows for the proper coordination of all stub types across Wikipedia, and for the checking of any new stub type for possible problems prior to its creation.
 === See also ===