Board Thread:Wikia Questions and Answers/@comment-4011511-20130219004937/@comment-3474542-20130220021435

What is wrong with other existing pages being edited? All of the pages being edited had missing information, or specified errors corrected. Just because the existing page isn't being edited does not mean that one of the pages that you mention (foal, calf, etc) will be edited instead.

The templates have limitations so that they can be removed from the page when they are no longer needed. The limitations are currently:
 * stub = A very short article, e.g. an article where the text cannot be scrolled when viewed on a standard computer monitor. This template should be removed once the article is no longer a stub.
 * reason = An article or section that is incomplete. This template should have a reason, or it should be removed.
 * reason = The page needs special help. Either from a native speaker (grammar, spelling, etc), or someone who has advanced knowledge (tables, templates, etc). This template should also have a reason, or it should be removed.

The new templates have a "reason" parameter so that (unlike the stub template), there is a clear and obvious way to determine when to remove the template.

All of these templates should only be used for specific reasons, and removed when those reasons no longer exist.

Yes, if the templates EditNeeded, Stub, or Incomplete were used for any page that needed an editor, without a reason, they would be permanently placed on every single page of the wiki. That would be incorrect.

Just because there are a lot of pages using those templates does not mean that all pages need to use one or more of those templates.