Wikipedia:The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge

The 50,000 Destubbing Challenge is a long term challenge to destub 50,000 articles on English Wikipedia for every country and topic. It began on March 1, 2020 with the Wikipedia:The Great Britain/Ireland Destubathon and opened as a global editathon on March 31. It may take decades to accomplish, it may take ten years, it all depends on how many people actively contribute. A long term framework which will hopefully be speeded up by running Destubathon contests and hopefully something people will find motivating and enjoyable to participate in long term. Given that well over half of all Wikipedia articles are stubs it's one of the most important things we can do to make a difference to the overall quality of the encyclopedia. It's a substantial goal but let it roll I say! There are more than 3,800,000 stub articles on the English Wikipedia, more than half of our articles. It needs to be drastically reduced somehow! Ideally we need a 1 million Destubbing Challenge!