I think not. There's a difference between a stub (which may not have many or even any references at all) and a very short article. Something can be a valid C-class, and still only be 2 or 3 paragraphs.
On 14/02/2011, Newyorkbrad <[email protected]> wrote: > I think Charles is right about this. There is a common conception, or > misconception, that stubship or start-class-ship is just a way station on > the way to articlehood. But some articles are probably destined to remain > short, or at least, can remain short without their > shortness reflecting poorly on the project. I don't know if there are any > statistics, but I am sure that the Britannica (for example) has at least as > many one- or two- or three-paragraph articles as lengthier ones. > > It may be that the wording of the stub template fosters this reading. "This > article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it." Often, of > course, but perhaps not always. > > Newyorkbrad > > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Charles Matthews < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 14/02/2011 03:35, Ian Woollard wrote: >> > I think you can't take the simple percentages of articles, a lot of >> > the most important and well visited articles are pretty well sorted, >> > whereas the stubs are mostly articles few people go to. >> While this discussion is worth having, I wish to record a view, now long >> held, by means of a metaphor. Wikipedia is an omelette, not scrambled >> eggs. Because of the intrinsic use of of hypertext, taking WP to be (in >> the large) a collection of articles is always a distortion. If the "few >> people" who go to a stub are just those who would refer to a >> corresponding footnote in a book, the system as a whole is functioning >> as it should. >> >> Charles >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> WikiEN-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l >> > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- -Ian Woollard _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
