Wikipedia:Stublet

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A stublet, or stub of a stub, is a stub article that is so small and insubstantive, it barely even rises to the level of qualifying as an article, besides being a page, in the technical sense. A stublet contains almost no prose content, possibly being confined to a lead or even a single sentence describing the topic, and few or no sources whatsoever. Failing that, it may possibly consist of only several empty section headings which suggest the outline of an article, but no meaningful prose content actually exists to make the article... Well, an article. It may even contain no content at all, with only the page title to indicate any context as to its subject.

Stublets, when encountered in the mainspace, may be eligible for a speedy deletion criterion, particularly A1, A3, or A7, or otherwise may be the subject of an uncontroversial PROD or deletion discussion. In drafts and userspace, however, they are commonplace, and may even be expected and encouraged. If you hope or intend to write an article in the future, either about a topic for which no reliable sources exist (yet), or a topic that you have not finished researching thoroughly, or just don't have the time and energy to write a proper article about just yet, a stublet may be perfectly appropriate to serve as a personal note to yourself to write a full article about the topic in the future when you find time and/or sourcing.

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