Editing Encyclopedia:Stub (section)

===Locating stubs===

{{hatnote|This section is about finding articles already tagged as a stub. To find the appropriate stub template to tag an article with, see {{slink||How to mark an article as a stub}}.}}
* [[:Category:Stub categories]] ''the main list of stub categories and of articles contained within them''
* [[:Category:Stubs]] ''deprecated, but still receives a few articles periodically''
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* [[Special:Shortpages]]

These categories can be used with [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser|AutoWikiBrowser]] (AWB) to  make bulk changes to stub types, or the sub-program within AWB called [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/Database Scanner|DataBase Scanner]] can be used to find articles by number of characters or words to locate potential stubs needing categorization or other tagging and/or expansion. This stand-alone application requires [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/AutoWikiBrowser|the operator be approved]] and the installation of the program on a personal computer (Linux, Mac, or PC). An alternate process using the web-based tool [[Wikipedia:PetScan|PetScan]] (no installation required) can also be used to locate articles by minimum or maximum size, the intersection of stub categories along with another category of interest, templates on the page, date of last edit, and namespace.