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	A '''stub''' is an article that is too short to provide comprehensive coverage of the subject, but long enough to provide some useful information. To qualify as a stub it must at least define the meaning of the article's title. Often that means three to ten short sentences, but less text may be sufficient to qualify as a stub for articles on narrow topics, and complicated topics with more than ten sentences may still be stubs. However, in reality, many articles which are labeled as stubs are much longer than that. You can help ~~Saintapedia~~ by adding relevant material and links and then removing inappropriate [[:Category:Stub\|stub]] notices.		A '''stub''' is an article that is too short to provide comprehensive coverage of the subject, but long enough to provide some useful information. To qualify as a stub it must at least define the meaning of the article's title. Often that means three to ten short sentences, but less text may be sufficient to qualify as a stub for articles on narrow topics, and complicated topics with more than ten sentences may still be stubs. However, in reality, many articles which are labeled as stubs are much longer than that. You can help USApedia by adding relevant material and links and then removing inappropriate [[:Category:Stub\|stub]] notices.

	Another way to define a stub is an article so incomplete that an editor who knows little or nothing about the topic could improve its content after a superficial Web search or a few minutes in a reference library. An article that can be improved by ''only'' a rather knowledgeable editor, or after significant research, is not considered a stub.		Another way to define a stub is an article so incomplete that an editor who knows little or nothing about the topic could improve its content after a superficial Web search or a few minutes in a reference library. An article that can be improved by ''only'' a rather knowledgeable editor, or after significant research, is not considered a stub.