[Wikipedia-l] Stub triage

Tue Sep 24 08:58:24 UTC 2002

> However, due to the fact that whatever I say here will not convince a vocal 
> few, I support the compromise idea of having a type of recycle bin that keeps 
> a "de-linked" page's history intact and lists it on a log page. Any links to 
> that page title in the database will be replaced with an empty edit link. 
> This may be as easy as creating a user interface that would allow users to 
> see deleted pages and their histories and also allow users to edit those 
> pages (hitting save at that point would return the page, with its complete 
> history, to the database -- but please, don't return crap to the database). 
> 
> This will give the micro-stub lovers more time to convert their cherished 
> useless pages into real stubs and will also give the rabid deletion death 
> squad peace of mind that the database is not being filled with useless crap.

Until such time, anyone who is interested in the _contents_ of these stubs
rather than their having existed, can check them out on the Deletion log -
it seems to become a (good) habit to quote the entire text of the deleted
article in the 'reasons for deletion' if it is small enough.

Andre Engels