Project:Requests for expansion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_expansion
Almost every article in Wikipedia could do with some expansion. This page is for listing those for which there is a specific request. It is an excellent venue to publicize important articles which are embarrassingly short or insufficient for an encyclopedia of the stature to which Wikipedia aspires.
Articles to list here:
- Stubs - Articles that are very short. These should be tagged with {{stub}}, or a topic-specific stub tag.
- Longer articles that still need expansion. Be sure to tag these {{expansion}} when you nominate them.
- Sections in particular need of expansion within an article may be tagged with {{expandsection}}.
Articles not to list here:
- Articles only needing an image - Use Requested images instead.
- Articles that do not yet exist - Use Wikipedia:Requested articles instead.
- Articles that need fixing - Use Wikipedia:Cleanup instead.
How to add a new listing
Please list entries chronologically (newest at top) and add {{expansion}} to the talk page, with a note about what needs to be expanded. On this page, be sure to sign your post with ~~~~ so the date will be included. Please also bold the title of the article you are adding, to make the list easier to read.
Instead of using {{expansion}}, you may instead choose to add an item to an article's todo list, located on the talk page. Add the {{todo}} template to the top of the article's talk page, and then fill out the /todo subpage explaining what needs to be added.
Cleanup needed
Please help remove listings which have already been expanded. To determine this, you can check the article's history tab. Compare the length of the article from when the request was posted here to its current length. If there was a request for expansion of a particular point, see if this was done.
Articles that have been expanded should have the {{expansion}} tag removed from the talk or article page.
In order to prevent this page from getting too long, requests older than six months should be removed from this page entirely. When doing so, please move the comment accompanying the request from this page to the article's talk page, and make sure it is tagged {{expansion}}. This ensures that the article will continue to be featured on the opentask list and Category:Articles to be expanded until it is eventually expanded.
More listings
Many articles tagged {{expansion}} are listed in Category:Articles to be expanded but not on this page.
2006
Please place new requests at the top of the appropriate list and make the article link bold.
