Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals/Archive/2011/December
Proposals, December 2011
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US-comics-artist-stub
I would like to create a {{US-comics-artist-stub}}, in order to properly sort articles for American comic book artists. There are many that fall into more than one stub category, and this stub template would eliminate the need to place multiple stub tags on the same article. The corresponding Category:American comics artist stubs, would easily be populated by articles currently marked with {{comics-artist-stub}} (159 articles, most of which are Americans) and {{US-comics-creator-stub}} (226 articles, many that are strictly artists). Fortdj33 (talk) 23:29, 31 December 2011 (UTC)
- Template no problem, category iff 60 articles use the template. SeveroTC 10:20, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- If even a fraction of those two categories are sorted into Category:American comics artist stubs, there will still be over a hundred articles that fall into that category, so there's no doubt that the category will be populated.
- However, in the interest of better organizing and categorizing stubs and stub categories in Category:Comics creator stubs, I've noticed a couple more sub-categories that could stand to be created:
- {{cartoonist-stub}} The corresponding category would be easily populated from Category:Comics creator stubs (over 500 articles) and Category:Cartoonists (almost 1000 articles including sub-categories). Since a number of these are American, a {{US-cartoonist-stub}} could also be created, and Category:American cartoonist stubs would be populated from the aforementioned Category:Cartoonist stubs, plus articles that have been incorrectly moved to Category:American comics creator stubs (247 articles).
- {{Europe-comics-artist-stub}}, with Category:European comics artist stubs as a sub-category of {{Europe-comics-creator-stub}}, since about half of the articles in Category:European comics creator stubs (167 articles) are about artists.
- Fortdj33 (talk) 16:44, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
- Barring any major objections, I will create {{US-comics-artist-stub}}, {{cartoonist-stub}} and {{US-cartoonist-stub}}, so that the articles in Category:Comics creator stubs can be sorted respectively. The corresponding sub-categories will also be populated by stub articles in Category:American comics artists, Category:Cartoonists, and Category:American cartoonists as well. Fortdj33 (talk) 17:51, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Split/templates for Category:Auto racing biography stubs
Non-European countries, the following two categories look viable:
- Category:Canadian auto racing biography stubs ({{Canada-autoracing-bio-stub}} 74)
- Category:Japanese auto racing biography stubs ({{Japan-autoracing-bio-stub}} 63)
The following templates (double upmerged to national sportspeople bio stubs cat) also look viable, I'll leave categories for now though and come back if they nudge 60:
- {{Argentina-autoracing-bio-stub}} (43)
- {{Australia-autoracing-bio-stub}} (49)
- {{Brazil-autoracing-bio-stub}} (43)
- {{Mexico-autoracing-bio-stub}} (25)
- {{NewZealand-autoracing-bio-stub}} (21)
- {{SouthAfrica-autoracing-bio-stub}} (22)
As below, the category is already split by nationality so all speediable S2. SeveroTC 13:40, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Split of Category:Rallying biography stubs
- Category:European rallying biography stubs (87; double upmerged to Category:European auto racing biography stubs)
- {{Europe-rally-bio-stub}}
- {{France-rally-bio-stub}} (17; double upmerged to Category:French auto racing biography stubs)
- {{UK-rally-bio-stub}} (17; double upmerged to Category:British auto racing biography stubs)
SeveroTC 13:28, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Upmerged templates for Category:European auto racing biography stubs
The following all look feasible on currently tagged articles, maybe a few more lurking out there untagged as yet:
- {{Belgium-autoracing-bio-stub}} (30)
- {{Netherlands-autoracing-bio-stub}} (22)
- {{Portugal-autoracing-bio-stub}} (20)
- {{Spain-autoracing-bio-stub}} (24)
- {{Sweden-autoracing-bio-stub}} (31)
- {{Switzerland-autoracing-bio-stub}} (32)
As above, the category already has some splits by nationality so it's speediable S2. SeveroTC 13:28, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
Speedy request. To pick up {{aero-1910s-stub}}. 62 articles. Dawynn (talk) 14:55, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Speedy request. To pick up {{aero-1920s-stub}}. 73 articles. Dawynn (talk) 14:39, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
Additions to Category:Music biography stubs
The following countries seem to be ready for their own music biography stub categories:
- Category:Belgian music biography stubs / {{Belgium-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Croatian music biography stubs / {{Croatia-music-bio-stub}}
- {{Croatia-composer-stub}} (17 P)
- {{Croatia-conductor-stub}} (2 P)
- {{Croatia-musician-stub}} (11 P)
- {{Croatia-singer-stub}} (33 P)
- Category:Czech music biography stubs / {{CzechRepublic-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Danish music biography stubs / {{Denmark-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Finnish music biography stubs / {{Finland-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:French music biography stubs / {{France-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:German music biography stubs / {{Germany-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Greek music biography stubs / {{Greece-music-bio-stub}}
- {{Greece-composer-stub}} (30 P)
- {{Greece-conductor-stub}} (3 P)
- Category:Greek musician stubs
- Category:Hungarian music biography stubs / {{Hungary-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Irish music biography stubs / {{Ireland-music-bio-stub}}
- {{Ireland-composer-stub}} (21 P)
- {{Ireland-conductor-stub}} (1 P)
- Category:Irish musician stubs
- Category:Dutch music biography stubs / {{Netherlands-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Norwegian music biography stubs / {{Norway-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Portuguese music biography stubs / {{Portugal-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Spanish music biography stubs / {{Spain-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Swedish music biography stubs / {{Sweden-music-bio-stub}}
- Category:Swiss music biography stubs / {{Switzerland-music-bio-stub}}
Dawynn (talk) 10:57, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
- Support. SeveroTC 10:22, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
European bridge (structure) stubs
To add to Category:European bridge (structure) stubs, categories iff 60:
- {{France-bridge-struct-stub}} // Category:French bridge (structure) stubs
- {{Germany-bridge-struct-stub}} // Category:German bridge (structure) stubs
- {{Italy-bridge-struct-stub}} // Category:Italian bridge (structure) stubs
- {{Sweden-bridge-struct-stub}} // Category:Swedish bridge (structure) stubs
Speediable S2. SeveroTC 09:14, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
- Support templates. Support categories if filled. Dawynn (talk) 00:49, 30 December 2011 (UTC)
European airport stubs
General request for geologic period stub types
Maths Stubs sub-sub-categories
Several of the subcategories of {{math-stub}} have gotten quite large, especially since there is plenty more in the parent category still to sort. I've done some counts (listed on my user page), and it looks like:
- {{algebra-stub}} (~400) could easily be subdivided in {{algebra-abstract-stub}} (~250) and {{algebra-linear-stub}} (~70). {{algebra-abstract-stub}} could then further be split into {{algebra-group-stub}} with ~150 articles part of the Group theory category, or maybe even further.
- {{geometry-stub}} has over 600 articles, over a hundred each of which could be in {{geometry-diff-stub}} or {{geometry-elementary-stub}}
- It would be good to sort out the stubs not directly on maths from {{math-stub}} - There are already sub-types for mathematicians, literature, and journals, but there are ~40 articles in {{math-stub}} which are organisations, awards, programs or conferences. I can't think of a category name, but I'd like to collect these together, possibly with the literature stubs as a child of this.
- {{crypto-stub}} has about 50 people in it. Should these go into a new {{crypto-bio}} or be sorted into the {{mathematician-stub}} tree? --Qetuth (talk) 03:18, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- (almost forgot) {{knot-theory-stub}} as a subcategory of {{topology-stub}} (~240). There are at least 50 knot-theory stubs, most in topology stub, but a few incorrectly added to {{knot-stub}} --Qetuth (talk) 03:39, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
- This all looks good, nice work :) My comments are:
- I would name most of the templates in the opposite order, so {{abstract-algebra-stub}}, {{linear-algebra-stub}}, {{group-algebra-stub}}, {{differential-geometry-stub}} (diff is surely ambiguous?), {{elementary-geometry-stub}}.
- {{crypto-bio-stub}} sounds like a good idea, with a category if exceeding 60 articles. Should it also be upmeged to Category:Computer scientist stubs?
- They almost all follow perm cats, so the stub cats should be named in the format [Perm cat stubs].
- SeveroTC 15:38, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
- I was following the lead of stubs like {{mathapplied-stub}} and {{mathanalysis-stub}}, but they definitely sound better the right way around to match the content. Would {{group-theory-stub}} be a better name for the Group theory stubs than the other suggestions then? (ie, is it considered better to have a clear link to it's parent stub, or to its topic category?)
- And most cryptographers in my experience identify as computer scientists not mathematicians, so I like that idea too. --Qetuth (talk) 16:27, 22 December 2011 (UTC)
- I don't quite follow about group theory. "Theory" stubs in general are either at for example {{gametheory-stub}} (all one word) or {{music-theory-stub}} (two words). It maybe better to go with {tl|knottheory-stub}} because otherwise it could be seen to be a theory of knots... I will also look at taking {{mathapplied-stub}} and {{mathanalysis-stub}} to WP:SFD because they should use the -math- stem. SeveroTC 10:38, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Sorry if I was unclear. What I meant was: Group theory is the name of the field of study, a subfield of Abstract Algebra. So if you purely use the name Group theory for the stubs, as is done with the actual categories, the connection to either Abstract Algebra or to Maths isn't clear from just the name, and I wondered if that was something to be avoided where possible. But I think {{grouptheory-stub}} and {{knottheory-stub}} are probably the best names for those two stub types regardless - it matches the category/topic name but doesn't make them look a subset of 'group' or 'knot'. Actually in the whole tree of 33 subcateogries of "math-stub", only one starts with "math-" although as you said a few more should ({{mathlogic-stub}} and {{mathematics-lit-stub}} are two more). --Qetuth (talk) 13:04, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- I don't quite follow about group theory. "Theory" stubs in general are either at for example {{gametheory-stub}} (all one word) or {{music-theory-stub}} (two words). It maybe better to go with {tl|knottheory-stub}} because otherwise it could be seen to be a theory of knots... I will also look at taking {{mathapplied-stub}} and {{mathanalysis-stub}} to WP:SFD because they should use the -math- stem. SeveroTC 10:38, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
- Lacking any voice against, I have created {{abstract-algebra-stub}}, {{linear-algebra-stub}}, {{differential-geometry-stub}}, {{elementary-geometry-stub}} complete with categories and populated them up to 70-160 articles each. I'll do the stubs (but not cats) for the smaller two tomorrow ({{crypto-bio-stub}} and {{knottheory-stub}}). --Qetuth (talk) 16:24, 1 January 2012 (UTC)