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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, July 2025

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

NEW PROPOSALS

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Speedy

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A few speediable categories unless anyone has any objections:

Waacstats (talk) 13:17, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support these look good, just be sure to add WikiProjects in the talk pages (if possible). Thanks for keeping this WikiProject alive! - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat22:46, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I really hope this is the last of them...

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I'm getting really tired of restubbing all of these French geography articles, so here's hopefully the last of them before I stop making these for good. Meuse (department) geography stubs has over 500 articles, so I'm splitting this up by arrondissement:

- OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat16:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support, There are still plently of departments to split by arrondissement if you want, just none of them look too large at the moment. Waacstats (talk) 13:14, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm definitely not going to split them up at this time. I'll get started with creating the templates and categories (old and new) soon, so be prepared to do a lot of sorting... - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat16:19, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Iran road stubs

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I propose making a stub category for Iran geography stubs, Asia road stubs and Iran transport stubs: Iran road stubs! {{Iran-road-stub}} has over 60 transclusions - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat02:03, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support looks good to me. Waacstats (talk) 13:15, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm currently organizing the road stub templates right now, starting with the Asian section - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat17:22, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mine stubs

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Hi all - there are over 500 stubs relating to locations of ore extraction (as opposed to any other type of mine :)) in Category:Mine stubs. A couple of by-country subcats have already been split out. I'd like to add a few upmerged national templates, and new subcats for any which reach the magical 60 mark. The following would be instantly useful...

...and it's likely that a few more useful ones will become obvious when I start to sort. Any objections? Grutness...wha? 15:25, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support! Her Pegship (?) 19:26, 6 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Peg - good to see you're still active at WPSS! :) Grutness...wha? 03:23, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
'::waves:: Her Pegship (?) 23:28, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat16:04, 8 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support, this is beginning to feel like the old days. Waacstats (talk) 13:11, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I doubt I'll ever get back to that level of stubbing again :) Grutness...wha? 13:57, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Except I'm here to help! - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat20:26, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome! Good to see a new "stub obsessive" :) Grutness...wha? 01:25, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A stubsessive - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat01:26, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

UPDATE: I'm also creating {{Ukraine-mine-stub}} and {{Mongolia-mine-stub}} - there are a surprising number of Mongolian ones! Grutness...wha? 07:16, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Both Canada and the US reached 60 stubs, so I've also created categories for them. Grutness...wha? 11:05, 14 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Burmese film stubs

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Propose making Burmese film stubs for {{Myanmar-film-stub}}; there are over 200 articles waiting to be moved to a more specific category - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat23:16, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support seems a good split to me. Waacstats (talk) 13:16, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Proposals, June 2025

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Another German geography stub proposal

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A speedy

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Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs

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Idaho Registered Historic Place stubs

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Georgia (U.S. state) Registered Historic Place stubs

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Indian film actor subs

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Oregon Registerd Historic Places stubs

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Texas Registered Historic Place stubs

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speedy

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Iranian politician stubs

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German writer stubs

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German film actor subs

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Canadian screen actor subs

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speedy

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Indian actor stubs

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Yemen geography substubs

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Purba Bardhaman district geography stubs

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Speedy parent category proposal

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Buprestidae sub-stubs

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Ammonite sub-stubs

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Epidendreae sub-stubs

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Epidendreae stubs is oversized; I propose breaking the category up a little more:

Pleurothallidinae stubs

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Acianthera stubs
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Acrotaeniini stubs

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Proposals, May 2025

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Niphona stubs

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7TM receptor stubs

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A speedy

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United States organization stubs

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British writer stubs

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United States organization stubs

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French film actor subs

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Adventure film stubs

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Awami politician stubs

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Speedies

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1950s German film stubs

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National Assembly of Hungary member stubs

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Inorganic compound stubs

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1940s American Western (genre) film stubs

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Buryatia geography stubs subtemplates

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Novosibirsk Oblast geography stubs

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17th-century English MP stubs

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Paris geography stubs

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14th-century English MP stubs

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Greenland glacier stubs

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Australian politician stubs

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Sao Paulo State geography stubs

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La Paz department (Bolivia) geos

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Norwegian writers

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American architects

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split of Canterbury archdeacons

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Motorcycle manufacturers

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Christian clergy

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Speedy

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American painter stub categories

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Ammonite sub-stubs

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Acianthera stubs

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deupmergers

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Military units

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Punjab,_Pakistan_geography_stubs

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British Columbia interior geo stubs

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Mine stubs

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Swedish actors

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Pakistan MNA's

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Irish Anglican clergy stubs

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2000s rock song stubs

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Cacia stubs

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Agelasta stubs

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Frea (genus) stubs

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