Template talk:Stub
|
|
Template:WikiProject Stub sorting Template:Template interwiki Help organize stubs! See Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting or Wikipedia:Stub categories for more information, including a complete list of possible by-topic tags.
Old discussions archived:
| Contents |
Categories
Please enclose in each new stub template the message in <div id="stub"> and </div>.
Maybe put a box around it??
I don't like it centered, maybe it could be distinguished from the rest of the article by putting a little box effect on it? - Stoph 03:40, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Maaan but it is annoying centred! Catches the eye when you're trying to read the article. Please can we remove the centring? I know I've suggested it before elsewhere, but why not just make the text a little smaller? it would be less obtrusive, and would still be separate from the main text. It doesn't need to be done through the metatemplate - all it needs is < small> < /small> put around the text (without the gaps, of course). Grutness|hello? Missing image
Grutness.jpg
05:08, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)- My opinion: No image, no centering, no box. Just some simple text at the bottom of an article's main page that regular editors will notice, and casual visitors will most likely ignore. BlankVerse ∅ 06:31, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Protection
I've protected the template - there have been numerous small - and largely unneccessary - changes to it in recent times, as well as some vandalism, and since this is such a heavily-used template, each change puts undue stress on the servers. I have no objection to people making neccessary changes to the template, but would request that any changed are discussed here on the talk page first. That way there's less risk of trivial changes or reverts. Grutness...wha? 02:30, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
- I've removed protection for now, since it isn't used that often any more thanks to WP:WSS. And also, by KBdank's request who wanted to change the category tag in there. If people want it protected once more, please let me (or Grutness) know. Radiant_>|< 14:52, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
New wording for Stub template in respect to the current opinion of the Stub template
I apologize for the long title, but to cut the message short, here's what it should be.
- This article is an uncategorized stub. You can help by putting this stub into an appropriate stub category, or better yet, adding to this article.
I'm not going to mess with the coding or the linking, since there's others that can easily do that. Tell me what you think. MessedRocker 21:41, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
- I think it should stay as-is because stub categorization is entirely for the use of Wikipedia's editors, and the vast majority of readers don't much care whether it's categorized or not. User:Rdsmith4/Sig 21:46, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
- Hmph, good point. But perhaps if we change the wording, we could get more editors? MessedRocker 22:38, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)
- Boosh. I won! MessedRocker 11:20, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
PZFUN's makeover
(for reference (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Stub&diff=next&oldid=14910647))
I disagree with the changes to the template's appearance as well as to its wording. The fewer gray boxes per page, the better (many articles are already bogged down with templates), and a simpler message (which matches all the other stub messages) is always preferable. User:Rdsmith4/Sig 03:21, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
- Agreed. Plus, for some reason, they seem to have set the Category to Wikipedia:Stub/2005/June which makes no sense. --TheParanoidOne 05:13, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I have reverted it as I also found fault with it. Very bold, but I don't see it as visually appealing, and the category setup isn't helpful, considering stubs are better sorted by topic. -- Netoholic @ 06:05, 2005 Jun 9 (UTC)
- Too wordy, too boxy, too colorful. I also disagree with PZFUN's changes. Perhaps this template needs to be protected. 4.232.105.21 10:38, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I have reverted it as I also found fault with it. Very bold, but I don't see it as visually appealing, and the category setup isn't helpful, considering stubs are better sorted by topic. -- Netoholic @ 06:05, 2005 Jun 9 (UTC)
Space Before
(Sorry, I wasn't sure where the best place to post this would be). I find that all of the stub template text tends to be placed very closely after the element before it, like a See also or External links section. I am wondering if I am the only one who believes that an extra bit of space above the stub message might be more aesthetically pleasing? func(talk) 01:58, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- I'd vote for that. I always add two newlines before the stub template, so that it isn't crammed into the article text. On plain text this is fine, but it has strange interactions with certain other types of elements though, leading to an unpredicable amount of space. --TheParanoidOne 12:27, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)