MarioWiki talk:Article size

"This policy does not apply to list or table pages such as Places and Trophy Descriptions (Super Smash Bros. Brawl), just actual articles."

...Why not?

If we just split off three of the biggest MarioWiki pages off into smaller articles, all three of which were lists and two of which didn't have ANY discussion about this clause to our policy first, then why does this clause exist on our policy if it's clearly not right anymore?

Also, why is this clause a thing to begin with if lists are the easiest & least problematic pages on a wiki to split? User:Somethingone/sig 06:43, August 7, 2022 (EDT)

Short articles and stubs

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I think it's pretty ironic that, despite this page's name, it actually only deals with long articles plus when to split them, and not the other way around. From what I looked up, guidelines on short articles and stubs seem to be all over the place, and it came to my realization that in my latest proposal, virtually all voters argued that "a short article doesn't mean it doesn't deserve being one" while it's not exactly well defined in guidelines. Could this be expanded to address those such articles?
— Stache (talk) 12:55, June 21, 2025 (EDT)

What exactly is the policy you are suggesting to be added? Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 12:39, January 10, 2026 (EST)

On the minimum article sizes, stubs, and how to determine on whether an article to be merged into larger articles if it's too short for a standalone article.
— Stache • 💬 • 📝 09:14, February 13, 2026 (UTC)

There is no such thing as "too short for a standalone article". If an article has all the relevant information, then it is long enough. This matter is already explained on the good writing guidelines page. I'm not understanding what the issue is here. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 18:35, July 31, 2026 (UTC)

The main issue is that despite this page's title, it only includes information regarding articles that are too large. --Illuminoid (talk) 11:48, August 29, 2026 (UTC)

Why is that an issue? Articles that are "too small" aren't really a problem and so don't need policies dealing with them, unlike articles that are too large. Hewer (talk · contributions · edit count) 01:59, September 3, 2026 (UTC)