Stub pages

UPDATED 13 Jan 2020

A stub page is an incomplete story, topic, event, or project page that needs more content. It’s not about length. It’s about completeness. Most stub pages are short placeholders for content to be improved later.

The stub concept comes from Wikipedia stubs where summary entries mark entries for later expansion. Of course, there are lots and lots of stub articles on Wikipedia. Probably too many, but it is a useful concept.

When writing about a topic, other ideas for unwritten pages come to mind that should be linked from the new content. The choice is to either write down a reminder, create the page later, and hopefully remember to come back and create the link. Or, create a stub page now, link to it from the new content, and have a curated list of stub pages to work on later.

That’s why we have stub pages.

Anyone wishing to contribute content should contact us.

Javier Figueroa

UPDATED 13 Jan 2020

Javier Figueroa is a job superintendent for Monolithic Constructors, expert dome builder, and “wrinkle whisperer” on complex Airform membranes. … read more

Mike South

UPDATED 13 Jan 2020

Michael South is the General Manager of Monolithic and a contributor to the Monolithic Dome Institute. … read more

Ammonium nitrate storage

UPDATED 10 Jan 2020

Ammonium nitrate is a high-nitrogen fertilizer. … read more

Monolithic Dome Roundup

UPDATED 8 Jan 2020

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Prolate Ellipsoid

UPDATED 19 Dec 2019

A prolate ellipsoid or prolate spheroid is a special general ellipsoid where it is elliptically shaped in the major or long axis and circularly shaped in the minor or short axis. Simply put, it looks like a watermelon or a rugby ball. … read more

ZZ Consulting

UPDATED 18 Dec 2019

Monolithic Dome Movie Theater

UPDATED 18 Dec 2019

Historic Dome

UPDATED 18 Dec 2019

Concrete Dome

UPDATED 18 Dec 2019

Monolithic Dome Institute

UPDATED 4 Dec 2019

Frederick Crandall

UPDATED 27 Nov 2019

Oblate Ellipsoid

UPDATED 26 Nov 2019

An oblate ellipsoid is a common shape for Monolithic Domes. The foundation is circular, but the profile is elliptically shaped. It creates higher “walls” around the outside of the dome, giving more headroom. … read more

Orion

UPDATED 26 Nov 2019

The First Monolithic Dome

UPDATED 22 Nov 2019

The first Monolithic Dome was a potato storage constructed in 1976 in Shelley, Idaho. The dome was 105-feet diameter by 35-feet tall. … read more

Near-Absolute Protection

UPDATED 6 Nov 2019

The phrase, “near-absolute protection” is defined by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to mean “based on our current knowledge of tornadoes and hurricanes, the occupants of a safe room built in accordance with [FEMA361] guidance will have a very high probability of being protected from injury or death.“ … read more