Stubs Quicksheet
WoW Gameplay
{{Stub/Ability}} {{Stub/Achievement}} {{Stub/Item}} {{Stub/Location}} {{Stub/Mob}} {{Stub/NPC}} {{Stub/Object}} {{Stub/Profession}} {{Stub/Quest}} {{Stub/Strategy}} {{Stub/Talent}} {{Stub/Tech}}
WoW Patches
{{Stub/PTR}}
WoW Community
{{Stub/Guild}} {{Stub/Player}} {{Stub/PC}} {{Stub/RP}}
Warcraft Universe
{{Stub/Char}} {{Stub/Lore}}
UI
{{Stub/AddOn}} {{Stub/API}} {{Stub/UI}}
Others
{{Stub/Category}} {{Stub/Other}} {{Sectionstub}}

The subcategories below contain lists of articles tagged as stubs, incomplete pages.

You can help out by completing them!

Contents 1 Descriptions 2 Designs 2.1 WoW Gameplay 2.2 WoW Patches 2.3 WoW Community 2.4 Warcraft Universe 2.5 UI 2.6 Others 3 See also

Descriptions Edit

Current stubs in use at WoWWiki:     [edit]

WoW Gameplay

{{Stub/Ability}} - Any article about a class ability, spell, enchants, or anything that the user triggers with a button. Not to be confused with talents. Also includes NPC or mob powers.

{{Stub/Achievement}} - Any article about an achievement.

{{Stub/Item}} - Any page about an item.

{{Stub/Location}} - Any location in the Warcraft universe - dungeons, instances, cities, zones, continents, etc.

{{Stub/Mob}} - NON-interactive, non-player characters or monsters (mobs).

{{Stub/NPC}} - Interactive non-player characters (NPCs).

{{Stub/Object}} - Any page about an object.

{{Stub/Profession}} - A profession article that isn't an item or a recipe, such as a transmute or an enchant.

{{Stub/Quest}} - Pages about specific quests.

{{Stub/Strategy}} - A strategy or tactics stub for mobs, like instance bosses. Needed when there is a lack of strategies on a boss page.

{{Stub/Talent}} - Any article about a class talent. Not to be confused with abilities.

{{Stub/Tech}} - Article stubs related to game mechanics.

WoW Patches

{{Stub/PTR|<x.y.z>}} - Article stubs related to content currently on the PTR.

• As new patches are released, the text for this changes to "this is a patched article"

{{Stub/PTR-section|<x.y.z>}} - Article stubs related to content currently on the PTR. (Smaller version)

Stub/Updated - See {{Stub/PTR}})

WoW Community (policy related - WW:FANFIC)

{{Stub/Guild}} - Pages describing player guilds, role playing or otherwise.

{{Stub/Player}} - Pages describing non-in-game player info.

{{Stub/PC}} - Pages describing player characters, role playing or otherwise.

{{Stub/RP}} - Pages related to roleplaying.

Warcraft Universe

{{Stub/Char}} - Pages describing any characters not in the game but in the lore (books or web) or in previous Warcraft games.

{{Stub/Lore}} - Articles dealing with official World of Warcraft lore.

UI

{{Stub/AddOn}} - An AddOn stub.

{{Stub/API}} - A World of Warcraft API stub.

{{Stub/UI}} - Other UI-related stubs.

Others

Stub/Accuracy - See {{Accuracy}} and/or {{Stub/Other}}

{{Stub/Category}} - For categories required more pages to be categorised into it.

{{Stub/Other}} - Anything that doesn't fit in the above categories.

{{Sectionstub}} - A stub for sections on a page.

Please do not use the uncategorized {{Stub}} tag on WoWWiki.

Designs Edit

WoW GameplayEdit

This article or section is an ability stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to use the abilities boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB

This article or section is an achievement stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to use the Achievement boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB

This article or section is an item stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/Object}} for objects that are fixed in place. You might want to use the Item boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

This article or section is a location stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to import some information from a fan site - see Fansites for listings. Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

This article or section is a mob stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/NPC}} for interactive non-player characters. This type of article is usually categorized under "Mobs", "Bosses" or "Creatures". You might want to use the Mob boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

This article or section is an NPC stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/Char}} for non-in-game characters or {{Stub/Mob}} for non-interactive, non-player characters or monsters. This type of article is usually categorized under "Quest givers", "Trainers", or "Vendors". You might want to use the NPC boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

This article or section is an object stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/Item}} for items that can be placed in your inventory. You might want to use the Object boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

This article or section is a profession ability stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to use the profession abilities boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB for listings.

This article or section is a quest stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to use the Quest boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help). Alternatively, you might want to import some information from a database site - see:  Wowhead  Thottbot  WoWDB

This article or section is a strategy stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Give general, not personal, strategies. You may want to review information from fansites with raiding guides.

This article or section is a technical stub. You can help expand it by editing it. This is for stubs related to game mechanics. Stubs related to WoW's User Interface should use {{Stub/API}}.

WoW PatchesEdit

This article or section is a PTR Patch 5.1.0 stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Information in this article or section can change rapidly as PTR changes happen. Only add information that is in compliance with the Do Not Post policy. Remove this tag after Patch 5.1.0 goes live. Replace with {{Stub/Item}} or other appropriate stub tag if necessary.  Wowhead  WoWDB

This section is a PTR Patch 4.3.0 stub. You can help expand it by editing it.

WoW CommunityEdit

This article or section is a guild info stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Please make sure that the article fits the wiki's guild article policies. Empty placeholder articles will be removed. If an article is not modified to comply with the policy after 30 days, it becomes a candidate for speedy deletion.

This article or section is a player stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/PC}} for role-playing info or {{Stub/Char}} for lore characters not in WoW. If this article has a bio, make sure it is tagged with {{Player}}. You might want to use the Player Character boilerplate to fill in this article (see WoWWiki:Boilerplates for help using it). If this article remains (virtually) empty for a long time, it is a candidate for speedy deletion.

This article or section is a player character stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Use {{Stub/Player}} for non-in-game player info or {{Stub/Char}} for lore characters not in WoW. If this article has a bio or is role playing related, make sure it is tagged with {{PC}}. If this article remains (virtually) empty for a long time, it is a candidate for speedy deletion.

Warcraft UniverseEdit

This article or section is a lore character stub. You can help expand it by editing it. This is a character who exists in Warcraft lore, but not in World of Warcraft. Use {{Stub/PC}} for player characters. Use {{Stub/NPC}} for WoW characters. This type of article is usually categorized as "Game characters" or "Lore characters".

This article or section is a lore stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to work with the other users of WoWWiki in expanding it.

UIEdit

This article or section is a World of Warcraft API stub. You can help expand it by editing it. Please see WoWWiki:How to edit API pages for a list of boilerplates and page tags to use for different types of API related pages.

This article or section is a User Interface stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You might want to import some information from an interface site - see Fansites for listings. If this is an addon-related page, please see WoWWiki:Addon pages for guidelines.

OthersEdit

This article or section is a category stub. You can help expand it by editing it. You can help expand it by searching the WoWWiki and adding [[Category:Stubs]] to any page which should belong to this category.

This article or section is a miscellaneous stub. You can help expand it by editing it. If appropriate, you might want to import some information from a database site - see Fansites for listings. Pages linking here may have clues as to what the page should contain, or perhaps the discussion page.

See also Edit

• WoWWiki:Stub policy
• How to edit a page
• Page Editing Policy