Please leave the leading <BR>! It makes pages easier to read and more attractive. -- added to the template by Bill Thayer on 11 Oct 2004

I disagree: it makes pages harder to read and less attractive. The stylesheet is there for a reason; the div class specifies the spacing. If you dislike the spacing the stylesheet specifies, that's a reason to suggest changes to the stylesheet, not to avoid using it in one particular plage. --Delirium 02:48, Oct 19, 2004 (UTC)

I wish people would make their minds up, I'm at a loss as to how many lines to leave before the template's position in an article (i.e. I've been adding/removing lines to the same articles as they keep showing up differently!). Personally, I think a good bit of whitespace between encyclopaedia content and a notice is no bad thing. zoney ♣ talk 16:00, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)

This is discussed in general at Template talk:Stub. --Joy [shallot]