David Gerard wrote
There is that. OTOH, refs are a good way for a
newbie stub not to take a
quick journey via Votes For Deletion.
There is that too. For me, though, a category on a stub is more
likely than a page reference (to a college text, say) to make it
prosper and grow. Trouble is, you just have to know whether it is
[[Category:Greek islands]] or [[Category:Islands of Greece]]. One day
our categories will redirect, I suppose.
In any case, it sounds like there is enough general support to
immediately implement *some* sort of helpful skeleton. Its actual form
can evolve, especially if based on a standard template.
Tom Haws