About the notion of Deligne-Mumford stack

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As it is stated in the definition here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deligne%E2%80%93Mumford_stack , a Deligne-Mumford stack needs to verify the following axiom :

A Deligne–Mumford stack is a stack $ F $ such that :

  • The diagonal morphism $ \displaystyle F \to F\times F$ is representable, quasi-compact and separated.

Could you explain to me why ?

Thanks for the help.