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How can you figure out whether or not an article can appropriately be tagged a stub? That depends on the subject. | How can you figure out whether or not an article can appropriately be tagged a stub? That depends on the subject. | ||
* '''[[Smasher]] articles''': A regional-level player should still ideally have a fleshed out intro, a play style section that describes in detail how they approach competitive Smash, an exhaustive history section covering their entire Smash career, and a complete list of tournament results. But realistically, no one will ever add all that to the articles of most such players unless the article's subject edits it all in themself, so as long as articles about such smashers have a decently lengthed intro that adequately describes why they're notable and a reasonably complete results list, they shouldn't be tagged as a stub. On the other hand, an article for a greatly renowned top level smasher (such as {{Sm|Mew2King}}) should be tagged a stub if it has no more than just an intro and results, or a smasher that has great significance in the Smash [[community]] or tournament scene (such as {{Sm|Gideon}}) ''should'' be tagged a stub if the subject's influence isn't adequately discussed. These same guidelines apply to [[crew]]s as well. | * '''[[Smasher]] articles''': A regional-level player should still ideally have a fleshed out intro, a play style section that describes in detail how they approach competitive Smash, an exhaustive history section covering their entire Smash career, and a complete list of tournament results. But realistically, no one will ever add all that to the articles of most such players unless the article's subject edits it all in themself, so as long as articles about such smashers have a decently lengthed intro that adequately describes why they're notable and a reasonably complete results list, they shouldn't be tagged as a stub. On the other hand, an article for a greatly renowned top level smasher (such as {{Sm|Mew2King}}) ''should'' be tagged a stub if it has no more than just an intro and results, or a smasher that has great significance in the Smash [[community]] or tournament scene (such as {{Sm|Gideon}}) ''should'' be tagged a stub if the subject's influence isn't adequately discussed. These same guidelines apply to [[crew]]s as well. | ||
* '''[[Gameplay]] articles''': Every gameplay-related article requires a description or definition of the subject, or else it is a stub. You should also tag important gameplay elements (such as [[wavedash]]) as stubs if they do not discuss how the subject relates to the community or to tournament play. | * '''[[Gameplay]] articles''': Every gameplay-related article requires a description or definition of the subject, or else it is a stub. You should also tag important gameplay elements (such as [[wavedash]]) as stubs if they do not discuss how the subject relates to the community or to tournament play. | ||
* '''[[Character]] articles''': This subject is important and requires a substantial article. A character article is a stub if it does not discuss the character's most notable attributes in the game, such as their [[:Category:Special moves|special moves]]. (You do ''not'', however, need to include in-depth information about that character's appearance in other, non-Smash games). | * '''[[Character]] articles''': This subject is important and requires a substantial article. A character article is a stub if it does not discuss the character's most notable attributes in the game, such as their [[:Category:Special moves|special moves]]. (You do ''not'', however, need to include in-depth information about that character's appearance in other, non-Smash games). | ||
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== Removing the stub tag == | == Removing the stub tag == | ||
If a former stub has been lengthened so that it can no longer be considered a stub, you may remove the stub tag without requesting permission to. You should, however, first look at the talk page and the page's history to see if the article's stub status has ever been disputed; if there has been such dispute, such dispute should be addressed and resolved before removing the stub tag. You also should not remove a stub tag just for the sake of artificially "decreasing" [[:Category:Stubs|the amount of stubs]] on the wiki; a maintenance category having a large number of articles in it is not inherently a bad thing, and they're necessary to divert editors' attention to articles that most need improvement. If you make a habit removing deserving stub tags without adequately expanding the article first, you will get | If a former stub has been lengthened so that it can no longer be considered a stub, you may remove the stub tag without requesting permission to. You should, however, first look at the talk page and the page's history to see if the article's stub status has ever been disputed; if there has been such dispute, such dispute should be addressed and resolved before removing the stub tag. You also should not remove a stub tag just for the sake of artificially "decreasing" [[:Category:Stubs|the amount of stubs]] on the wiki; a maintenance category having a large number of articles in it is not inherently a bad thing, and they're necessary to divert editors' attention to articles that most need improvement. If you make a habit removing deserving stub tags without adequately expanding the article first, you will get reprimanded. | ||
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