User blog comment:Tiamod/What's with all these stub articles on background characters?/@comment-4476879-20111216205706

I agree with the sentiment, though I would object to the use of the term "stub." A stub is definition an article that needs to be expanded, that by definition only provides a bare minimum of coverage of the subject in question, but could be expanded into a worthwhile article if some work were put into it. Stub doesn't necessarily mean "small," so much as it means "could be bigger/better." That's why I've been working to remove the term from articles such as Rubber duck, which by their nature can only ever merit a small article due to only the briefest of mentions in canon. On the other hand, these unidentified character articles popping up like weeds are not only not stubs, but, as has been indicated, not really notable. There's no real reason why we can't follow the custom of sites such as Memory Alpha and articles like this one here: Unnmed USS Voyager personnel, a well-organized list of numerous personnel that, in some cases, even having appeared on-screen in multiple episodes didn't merit their own articles.

In any case, I encourage anyone who is interested in this to chip into the discussion on the forum so that we can get this moving.