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On this WikiProject Stub sorting subpage, you can propose new stub types (please read the procedures beforehand!), as well as the reorganization and subdivision of existing stub types. You can also discuss anything else related to stubs on the talk page.

Proposing new stub types – procedure

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Important: If you wish to propose the creation of a stub ARTICLE you've come to the wrong place. If you don't have a username yourself, please go to WP:AFC for proposing a new article. If you already have a username, you can create the article yourself. If you don't know how, add {{Helpme}} to your user talk page to request help from other editors. This page only deals with stub TEMPLATES and CATEGORIES; we cannot help you with creating articles.

Proposing new stub types
If you wish to propose a new stub category and template, please follow these procedures:
  1. Check the List of stub types or under Category:Stub categories to make sure that your proposed new stub does not already exist.
  2. List it at the top of the current month's section, under a header, like the ones shown (if any). Sign it with a datestamp (~~~~).
    • Please bear in mind that a stub category isn't about the importance or notability of the topic!
  3. Find a good number[1] of stub articles, as many as you can, that will fit that template. You may use this tool to scan through categories; tagged stubs are always in Category:All stub articles and transclude {{asbox}}. Each of these articles can be:
    • currently marked with {{stub}};
    • currently marked with another type of stub tag (in which case you should justify why your tag is better for the article than the current one);
    • a stub whose categorisation is highly ambiguous or questionable;
    • not marked as a stub.
  4. If you use any category scan (from the tool mentioned above or from any other), please link to it so that other users can confirm that the results are still accurate.
  5. Others may do the same, if they so desire.
  6. 5 days after listing it here, if there is general approval or no objection, go ahead and create the new category and/or template following the format on Wikipedia:Stub. List the new stub type on the stub types list in an appropriate section. If consensus is not clear, or discussion is still ongoing, the proposal will remain open until consensus can be reached.
  7. If you wish to propose a stub type which does not currently have 60 articles that could use it, you may propose an upmerged template in a similar way. An upmerged template would feed into currently existing stub categories until such time that there are enough stubs for a separate stub category. At that point a category for it may be separately proposed. Some times, it may be difficult to be sure how many stubs would get a tag - in which case you can also start with an upmerged stub tag until you're sure there are enough.

DO NOT place a proposal here for any stub type which has already been created and is being discussed at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. The proposal page is only for stub types that have not yet been created, and it is better to keep any discussion of such stub types in one place rather than splitting it between different pages. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion is the correct page for proposals to delete a stub type.

^ Good number means about 60 articles or more, or 30 or more if it is the primary stub type of a WikiProject, though this figure may vary from case to case.

"Speedy creation"

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A stub type may be proposed for "speedy creation" if it meets one of the following criteria:

  • S1 - the creation of a category for which an approved upmerged template already exists and is now in use on more than 60 articles.
  • S2 - the creation of an upmerged national-level template for a subject in which other such national-level templates currently exist (e.g., X-bio-stub, X-hist-stub, or X-geo-stub, where X is the name of an internationally widely recognised country) or other instances where a clearly established pattern of similar subtypes exists. The proposed topic may not be controversial in scope.

List speedy creation proposals in the same proposal listings as normal stub proposals below.

Proposals, January 2025

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Please check how many articles qualify for a stub type before proposing it.

NEW PROPOSALS

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Category:Changsha Metro stubs

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I would like a new template and category to be a member of Category:People's Republic of China rapid transit stubs and Category:Changsha Metro, since there are over 60 stub articles that need it. See here for the list of articles awaiting this new template. - OpalYosutebito (talk) 01:13, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Sri Lankan railway station stubs

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I would like this to be a sub-category of Category:Asian railway station stubs and Category:Railway stations in Sri Lanka, since {{SriLanka-railstation-stub}} has over 60 transclusions. - OpalYosutebito (talk) 00:25, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support speedy cat as the template already exists. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Kagawa railway station stubs

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I would like this to be a sub-category of Category:Japanese railway station stubs and Category:Railway stations in Kagawa Prefecture, since {{Kagawa-railstation-stub}} has over 80 transclusions. - OpalYosutebito (talk) 00:23, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support speedy cat as the template already exists. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Amphisbaenidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Amphisbaenidae stubs, since there are currently over 100 stubs that could use them and the parent category, Category:Lizard stubs, is oversized. William Avery (talk) 13:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Tropiduridae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Tropiduridae stubs, since there are currently over 120 stubs that could use them and the parent category, Category:Lizard stubs, is oversized. William Avery (talk) 13:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Teiidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Teiidae stubs, since there are currently over 100 stubs that could use them and the parent category, Category:Lizard stubs, is oversized. William Avery (talk) 13:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Phrynosomatidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Phrynosomatidae stubs, since there are currently over 120 stubs that could use them and the parent category, Category:Lizard stubs, is oversized. William Avery (talk) 13:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Liolaemidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Liolaemidae stubs, since there are currently over 170 stubs that could use them and the parent category, Category:Lizard stubs, is oversized. William Avery (talk) 13:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Dactyloidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Dactyloidae stubs, since there are currently over 350 stubs that could use them and the parent category, Category:Lizard stubs, is oversized. William Avery (talk) 13:32, 26 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Hangzhou Metro stubs

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I would like a new template and category to be a member of Category:People's Republic of China rapid transit stubs and Category:Hangzhou Metro, since there are over 240 stub articles that need it. See here for the list of articles awaiting this new template. - OpalYosutebito (talk) 20:29, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Shenyang Metro stubs

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I would like a new template and category to be a member of Category:People's Republic of China rapid transit stubs and Category:Shenyang Metro, since there are over 80 stub articles that need it. See here for the list of articles awaiting this new template. - OpalYosutebito (talk) 18:49, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Inner Mongolia railway station stubs

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I would like this to be a sub-category of Category:China railway station stubs and Category:Railway stations in Inner Mongolia, since {{InnerMongolia-railstation-stub}} has over 60 transclusions. - OpalYosutebito (talk) 18:49, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support speedy cat as the template already exists. Her Pegship (?) 01:01, 27 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Tianjin railway station stubs

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I would like this to be a sub-category of Category:China railway station stubs and Category:Railway stations in Tianjin, since {{Tianjin-railstation-stub}} has over 90 transclusions. - OpalYosutebito (talk) 01:10, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 23:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cycloctenidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Cycloctenidae stubs, since there are currently over 60 stubs that could use them. William Avery (talk) 19:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 23:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Desidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Desidae stubs, since there are currently over 70 stubs that could use them. William Avery (talk) 19:36, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 23:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Orsolobidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Orsolobidae stubs, since there are currently over 90 stubs that could use them. William Avery (talk) 19:33, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Her Pegship (?) 23:49, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Poeciliidae stubs

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Category:Rivulidae stubs

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Category:Nothobranchiidae stubs

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Category:Dolomedidae stubs

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Proposing a category and template for Dolomedidae stubs, since there are currently over 20 stubs that could use them, as well as a further 108 articles to be created shortly that would fall under this category due to their taxonomic placement. Species in this family are generally a neglected group in Wikipedia and in general, hence the high number of redlinks. Mediocre.marsupial (talk) 02:07, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest we wait for a category until more of those articles have been created, but I support creation of an upmerged template. Her Pegship (?) 20:26, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Cottidae stubs

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Category:Liparidae stubs

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Category:Cottoidei stubs

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Proposals, December 2024

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Category:Prehistoric neornithine stubs

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Template:Bucerotiformes-stub

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Proposals, November 2024

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Category:Mathematics organization stubs

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Category:Centrarchiformes stubs

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Category:Acropomatiformes stubs

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Category:Labriformes stubs

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Template:Struthioniformes-stub

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Template:Rheiformes-stub

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Template:Apterygiformes-stub

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Upmerge Template:Falconiformes-stub

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Upmerge Template:Tinamiformes-stub

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Upmerge Template:Procellariiformes-stub

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Category:Procellariiformes stubs has only 38 articles. Grey Clownfish (talk) 06:30, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upmerge to Category:Bird stubs? Her Pegship (?) 00:33, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upmerge Template:Charadriiformes-stub

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Category:Charadriiformes stubs has only 42 articles. Grey Clownfish (talk) 06:36, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upmerge to Category:Bird stubs? Her Pegship (?) 00:33, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upmerge Template:Pelecaniformes-stub

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Category:Pelecaniformes stubs has only 45 articles. Grey Clownfish (talk) 07:30, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Upmerge to Category:Bird stubs? Her Pegship (?) 00:33, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Acanthuriformes stubs

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Category:Carangiformes stubs

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