FamilySearch Wiki:Maintenance/Stub Sorting

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Stub articles to sort (priority 2)

 * Click to help sort these stubs
 * Problem:
 * This category is added to very regularly through use of the stub template.
 * Why fix:
 * So to keep the Wiki clean and orderly the Stub Project has organized types of stubs or the pages can be completed to full articles
 * Help links:
 * Stub Sorting Project Information
 * Stub types
 * FamilySearch Wiki:Stub
 * How to report:
 * Steps to resolve:
 * Click on the help sort these stubs list above, select one and review it.
 * Go to the Stub Types page and select the area that the stub would fit into. Click on it and it will take you to a final category page for that area. Select a template that covers the subject. Copy the template.
 * Go back to the Stub article, and go to edit, then place the template at the top right of the page and save.
 * Go back to the Stub article, and go to edit, then place the template at the top right of the page and save.

Short pages (**)

 * Click to review articles for possible stubs
 * Problem:
 * Some of these many page may be stubs. This is a list of all stubs in the wiki. Only a few will need to be corrected, if they are stub.
 * Why fix:
 * The stubs placed in the right category will have a better chance to be turned into regular articles.
 * Help links:
 * Stub articles to sort
 * How to report:
 * Automatically reported
 * Steps to resolve:
 * Use the steps from the Stub article to sort

Pages with the fewest revisions (**)

 * Click to review articles for possible stubs
 * Problem:
 * Many but not all of these pages may be stubs. This is a list of all the articles with few revisions in the wiki. Only a part will need to be corrected, if they are stubs.
 * Why fix:
 * The stubs, if placed in the right category will have a better chance to be turned into regular articles.
 * Help links:
 * Stub articles to sort
 * How to report:
 * Automatically reported
 * Steps to resolve:
 * Use the steps from the Stub article to sort.

(**)These reports are lists of pages that meet a specific criteria; they don't mean that there is a problem with all the pages in the report and don't need to be "cleaned up."