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This is a '''stub template'''. A brief explanation of these templates follows; for full details please consult [[Wikipedia:Stub]]. 

=== What is a stub? ===
A stub is an article containing only a few sentences of text which is too short to provide encyclopedic coverage of a subject.

=== How is a stub identified? ===
* If possible, try to find the most appropriate stub template for the article. A full list can be found at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/List of stubs]].
* More than one stub template may be used, if necessary, though no more than four should be used on any article.
* Place a stub template ''[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout#Order of article elements|at the very end]]'' of the article, after the "External links" section, any navigation templates, and the category tags. As usual, templates are added by including their name inside double braces, e.g. <code><nowiki>{{</nowiki>{{#ifeq:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Stub documentation|Stub|{{BASEPAGENAME}}}}}}</code>.

=== Further information ===

Further information can be found at:
* [[Wikipedia:Stub]]
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting]]

New stub templates and categories (collectively "stub types") should not be created without prior proposal at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals]]. This allows for the proper coordination of all stub types across Wikipedia, and for the checking of any new stub type for possible problems prior to its creation.

=== See also ===
* Template:Empty section – To flag a section as completely empty
* Template:Expand section – To flag sections selectively as incomplete
* Template:Data missing – To flag missing information or other data
* Wikipedia:Content assessment<!--

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