Stock car racing:Manual of style/Stubs

A stub is a short article, usually of two sections or less. Most sketches cover only the essential information on a topic. This does not mean that it should not exist, but that it should be expanded.

When creating or editing a stub, remember that its value is in what it will be in the future, and that it needs to grow if it will become anything. Do not assume that additions will come out of nowhere. The best way to attract the attention of other possible contributors is to edit it yourself. Even minor edits will appear on the recent editions page, where many veteran wikipedists love to watch what's going on, and rush to help with the construction. You do not need to do extensive research to create a foundation on which others will be happy to build, but you must be careful enough to simply add what you know, or correct what you know is incorrect (try to avoid calling others' work) wrong"). Among the proverbial suggestions about Wikilândia is the idea that articles should not be "perfect" - a misspelled word or two invites the reader to correct the article and add more (however, please do not deliberately insert spelling errors) to this end). A summary of this idea can be: decide between creating an article or editing it - try not to do both. Below are some suggestions:


 * Check if a more precise definition no longer exists in miscellaneous sketch warnings.


 * 2. Follow the conventions of correct English.  Write complete and clear sentences.


 * 3. Give a precise and clear definition or description of your subject.  For non-conceptual biographies and articles (i.e., about countries and cities), definitions are impossible, so start with a clear, useful and informative description of the subject.  Indicate why the person is famous, where the place is and what makes it known, the basic details of an event and when it happened, etc.


 * A good definition or description may encourage future contributors to complement the entry by suggesting the limitation of the article as outline by inviting the message to be expanded.


 * For example: Salvador Allende (Valparaíso, June 26, 1908 - Santiago de Chile, September 11, 1973) was president of Chile from 1970 to 1973'' would be a good initial description (for the introduction).


 * 4. All  entries should contain reliable sources, and the rule obviously applies to the sketches as well: always try to inform the sources for the information you brought to the entry.


 * If you have difficulties to insert the references, read tutorial about how to proceed. Entries that do not cite your sources may have deleted content, or you may receive a markup asking for the sources to be cited.


 * 5. Note that entries with one or two lines of information only, even if they contain sections for external links and internal links (e.g., section "See also), infocaixas, categories and interwikis - are not considered outline, but minimum articles and therefore should be tagged.  Don't call minimum articles "sketch" - this makes it difficult to expand the content.  If you want to have a sketch, take some time to do more research, and add more data to your entry.


 * 6. Finally, note that the sketch message should look like this: asbox