[WikiEN-l] Defamatory Biographies - another problem looming forWikipedia?

Wed Dec 21 19:17:42 UTC 2005

Angela wrote:

> It's possible to add a stub category without adding a stub template.
> Perhaps this would be a suitable compromise between those who need the
> categories to be there and those who don't want multiple "this is a
> stub..." notices on one article? Compare
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ambrosius_Stub&oldid=27617688>
> with <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ambrosius_Stub&oldid=27615177>,
> for example.

Who on Earth can remember the one trillion stub types? Not me.
WikiProject Stub Sorting are the ones who know them.

For those revolted by multiple stubs (and I agree that they have all
Geoff's listed points against them), the talk page could be workable -
they wouldn't be blots on the article warranting {{toomanyboxes}} and
they'd still be findable in the relevant stub category. WSS would need
collective persuasion that this was a good idea, else they would likely
assume it was an error and fix it.

- d.