Wikipedia:Pages needing attention: Difference between revisions

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This page is very similar to the other pages like: '''[[Requested articles]]''', '''[[Current events]]'''. However it is more utilitarian than those pages, being intended for the editorial community alone.

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== Stub articles ==

* [[Wikipedia:MostDuplicate wanted stubsarticles]] -- a list of articles thaton havethe lotssame ofsubject which need to be merged (and instructions links,on buthow areto verydo shortthis)

* [[Wikipedia:Find or fix a stub]] -- list of short articles which need content

** [[Wikipedia:Most wanted stubs]] -- selection of the above that have lots of links to them

=== Articles that seem to be nothing more than definitions ===

[[Wikipedia is not a dictionary]], and an article which simply defines a word is useless. Sometimes, those articles can turn into bona fide encyclopedic treatments of a topic; sometimes they should just be deleted.

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::The above series of definitions do not appear to have been expanded or improved in the six months since February 25. Even the details of where they came from are lost in pre-history. For the most part these definitions appear isolated from their contexts. I know nothing of the theoretical study of hierarchies. Perhaps someone who understands this stuff can bring all this into a single coherent and cohesive article, or possibly scrap some articles completely. [[User:Eclecticology|Eclecticology]] 04:00 Aug 30, 2002 (PDT)

=== More than definitions but still stubs ===

* [[Homepage definition]] -- also an orphan.

* [[Jane Goodall]] moved this from "24" section.

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* [[RFC]] although not itself a stub, this article links to [[RFC 0823]] and a number of similarly titled articles which are, and which should probably be merged with the head article. Before barging ahead with such an undertaking, I thought it better to have the entire question reviewed by someone more familiar with the field. The head article should probably also be renamed to reflect policy about abbreviations and acronyms. [[User:Eclecticology|Eclecticology]] 17:22 Sep 13, 2002 (UTC)

=== Other stubs ===

* [[Miyuki]] - originally violated copyright. Now a stub with only an external link to the previously copied page. Also an orphan except for the link from this page. Should perhaps be deleted.