Inserting stub pages is a common practice used on a wiki site to capture all possible facets of a subject. Usually these stub pages will only contain one or two lines of text along with a notation about how the page is a 'stub' (or alternately it may contain the stub code) and needs revision. These pages are usually frustrating to search engine users as they contain little if any relevant information on the subject.
This 'stub page' phenomenon is also common on regular sites, not just wiki's where the site owner is trying to rank for many possible variations of site keywords and includes pages for those keywords with little or no relevant information.
Google prefers not to see stub pages as they represent a negative user experience.
If you do not have the full content for a specific page, you may want to delay publication of that page on your site, wiki or blog until more research can be done.
To keep your article or wiki page from being too short, you should use a template which fits the niche/theme of your site.
Here is an example of a template that is used for a travel wiki site. And, as you can see it includes headings and subheadings where information can be filled out. This type of template will greatly simplify your work and allow you to quickly write articles relevant to your niche by giving you a starting point.
Your own specific page template may differ, depending upon your own niche.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Qui ... e_template
This 'stub page' phenomenon is also common on regular sites, not just wiki's where the site owner is trying to rank for many possible variations of site keywords and includes pages for those keywords with little or no relevant information.
Google prefers not to see stub pages as they represent a negative user experience.
If you do not have the full content for a specific page, you may want to delay publication of that page on your site, wiki or blog until more research can be done.
To keep your article or wiki page from being too short, you should use a template which fits the niche/theme of your site.
Here is an example of a template that is used for a travel wiki site. And, as you can see it includes headings and subheadings where information can be filled out. This type of template will greatly simplify your work and allow you to quickly write articles relevant to your niche by giving you a starting point.
Your own specific page template may differ, depending upon your own niche.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Qui ... e_template
