Forum:Premature optimization
empty boilerplate pages and sections
Pages like Metadata are worse than no page. A red-link ala Premature Optimization is better than a link or search result to boilerplate.
It may be too late to cleanup the many boilerplate pages and page sections that have been created. We can produce a Manual of Style entry suggesting we produce pages and sections as they are needed and discouraging producing nearly empty stubs full of boilerplate. We can also create some templates intended for substitution into pages as the need for a new section arises. Finally, we can add to the Manual of Style preferred page layout(s) suggesting subsections so that editors adding content won’t have to think about where to use those substituted templates inside a page.
What are your thoughts?
—¿philoserf? (talk) 21:05, 15 June 2020 (EDT)