Daniel Mayer wrote:
If we did have such a spec then there would be more reason than ever for people to make sure sub-500 byte stubs are fleshed-out.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
I agree completely: for some people the "game" of adding tiny stubs to see the article count go up would be replaced by the "game" of enlarging tiny stubs into 500-character mini-articles for the same reason. Combined with the Wikipedia community as a quality-control mechanism, this can only have a beneficial effect, leading to more development towards useful content.
Neil