Marvel Database:Stubs
From Marvel Database
A stub is a tool that holds the place of an article under construction. The name is often the only thing known about the subject. A stub shows the reader that the topic exists, but is not yet ready for reference. If the reader is so inclined, they can create/edit the article themselves.
Usage: Simply add the stub name inside 2 curly braces at the appropriate place within the article.
The formatted stub will appear automatically. e.g. {{Quotes}}
The following is a list of stubs for easy reference:
| Stub Name | Example | Alternate Forms | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | {{Welcome}} | {{subst:Welcome|adding that cool picture}} | A place-holder for the talk page of a MDP user. Often added to the user's page by an administrator shortly after joining. Whatever is put where 'adding that cool picture' is gets put into this sentence: Thanks for _______! |
| Controversial Stub | {{Controversial}} | N / A | Add this stub to the top of a page that is questionably valid or if the page does not seem to contain any relevant content to the project. It also categorizes the page for priority copy editing. |
| Comic List Stub | {{Comic List}} | N / A | A header added to comic list pages for categorization purposes. |
| Quotes Stub | {{Quotes}} | N / A | A header added to quotation pages that will categorize and introduce the page. It will also pull all quotes where the subject of the page is the speaker into itself. It is to be used on Category:Subject/Quotes pages. Not to be confused with the quote stub. (see directly below) |
| Quote Stub | {{Quote|Marvel Database Rocks!|[[Peter Parker (Earth-616)|Spider-Man]]}} | N / A | Please do not confuse with the above stub. The quote stub formats a quotation in an aesthetically pleasing manner. Please use the complete details of the speaker, including the Universe, when possible |
| Conversation Stub | {{Conversation|}} | {{Conversation |Quote1|[[First Character]] |Quote2|[[Second Character]] |Quote3|[[First Character]] }} | This stub is used like the above quote stub, but is used when there is a back-and-forth dialogue between 2 or more characters. |
| Spoiler Stub | {{Spoiler|}} | {{Spoiler|Spoiler Text}} | Insert this stub around information in an article which may not yet be common knowledge, particularly if such advanced knowledge could ruin an upcoming plot. |
| Merge From Stub | {{Merge From|Source Article Name}} | N / A | Adding this stub to the top of an article that will receive a merge will indicate to readers that the other article still needs to be brought over. |
| Merge To Stub | {{Merge To|Destination Article Name}} | N / A | Adding this stub to the top of an article that will be merged into another article will indicate to readers that more information may be contained on the other article. |
| Copy Warning Stub | {{Copy Warning|Page Name}} | N / A | This stub is placed on a user's talk page to gently remind them of our policies following copyright law and forbidding plagiarism. |
| Copy Warning2 Stub | {{Copy Warning2|Page Name}} | N / A | This stub is to be placed on a user's talk page after a second offence to remind them of our policies following copyright law and forbidding plagiarism. |
| Vandalism Warning Stub | {{Vandalism Warning|Vandalized Page Name}} | N / A | This stub is placed on a user's talk page to advise them we will not tolerate vandalism whatsoever. |
| Plagiarism Stub | {{Plagiarism}} | N / A | This stub is to be placed on top of a page that contains possibly plagiarized works. This stub advises the reader of the situation, provides a link to our policy forbidding plagiarism and categorizes the page for priority copy editing. |
| Hotlink Warning Stub | {{Hotlink Warning|Hotlinked Page Name}} | N / A | This stub is placed on a user's talk page to advise them we much prefer they upload the image to our database directly, rather than hotlinking to another host site. |
| Temporarily Protected Stub | {{Temporarily Protected}} | N / A | This stub is to be placed on top of a page that has been protected because of vandalism or a large amount of inbound traffic. This stub advises the reader of the situation, which should be removed when the situation changes. It also places the page into the Temporarily Protected category. |
| Unsigned Stub | {{Unsigned|User Name}} | N / A | This stub is used to show who wrote an unsigned comment. To clarify a conversation, if someone hasn't signed their comment, add this tag to the end of their statement, placing their user name after the pipe. |