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Is it really best to have this page in a four-column layout? I've got my browser's text size set to "smaller" (as opposed to "larger") and still have 1) a horizontal scroll bar, and 2) a sizable number of items that have word-wrapped to a second line. Perhaps a more vertical layout is called for: annoying as they can be, it's often less annoying than having to scroll horizontallly, too. — AnnaKucsma ( Talk to me!) 21:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
This page needs massive update. None of the history stub article (Indian, South Asian) I'm associated with are here. Is there a system of updating this page? Aditya Kabir 19:36, 11 March 2007 (UTC)
Why is there a "General" header here? I don't understand its contents. As a word, general seems to be the same as miscellaneous. In puzzlement, your friend, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 17:17, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
OK, thanks. But the General section says that {{ Stub}} has been deprecated, which in Wikilingo means it is no longer being added to pages. Am I correct in that? Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 00:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Hmm. There was quite a dust-up in one of the other Talk Pages I was visiting a few weeks ago about the meaning of deprecate. Many Wikipedians have adopted the computer-jargon version of meaning "no longer being used although it will still work." Frankly, I think the word is confusing for most editors, even longstanding ones like me. I am going to try to make the statement on the Project Page here a bit more useful. Yours, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 03:00, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks; I had never seen that page before. The definition as spelled out and used elsewhere on WP is as I have said. Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 07:02, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Regarding the rubric "General." I believe it is confusing. Can we change it to "Introductory explanation," or something like that? For the umpteenth time I clicked on it, assuming I would find a list of "general" topics, but I did not. Yours, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 23:26, 5 May 2009 (UTC)
Ah, that sounds like it will do the trick and keep me away from clicking there unless I want a, well, a "Generic stub type." Sincerely, GeorgeLouis ( talk) 02:20, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
I can't figure out which link on this page would lead me to the LGBT stubs; I eventually gave up and ran a search for them. Are they not listed here? If so, where? If not, where should they added? Aristophanes68 ( talk) 21:37, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
I've just spotted that there's a long list of magazine stubs under Miscellaneous / Communication, which goes into more detail than the list at Culture / Media Publications - but on the other hand newspapers are at the latter and not the former. I don't know quite how placement in these hierarchical lists is established, but someone might like to have a look and sort it out (not volunteering myself). PamD ( talk) 17:01, 7 April 2010 (UTC)
I've created Wikipedia:STUBSHORT to be a redirect to this page. It shouldn't be too controversial, but do tell me if you aren't happy with it. Guoguo12 --Talk-- 23:14, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
Some of these pages, and the sections within the pages, are getting excessive (again), making it more difficult than neccesary to search or update. I've split a couple of longer sections in half with subheadings, but I was thinking it might be time for some extra subpages: