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Two more Virginian counties
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Parent oversized again, I propose to speed the following two:
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Accomack County, Virginia geography stubs 106
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Northampton County, Virginia geography stubs 76
Several others are close, so I may hold off on "regionalisation" for now. Alai (talk) 14:52, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Egyptian building and structure stubs
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Potential category counts at over 60 with upmergings.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 00:54, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support -but it might be worthwhile adding a note in the category that it is for buildings in Egypt, not for Ancient Egyptian structures in other countries such as, for example, Sudan. Grutness...wha? 01:05, 13 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Swiss cycling biography stubs
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{{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub}} reached 60 speedy. SeveroTC 10:14, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
- As you say, Speedy Waacstats (talk) 20:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)
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More Northern Ireland
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Seems to have been a lot of understubbing with Northern Ireland. I've managed to get one more of the remaining two counties up to speediable level:
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:County Londonderry geography stubs - 70 stubs
I'd also like to propose in advance that if I can get ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:County Armagh geography stubs up to 60 I split that as well (saves on making yet another new header on this page!) It looks likely I will sometime in the next couple of days - it's currently close to 50. Grutness...wha? 02:39, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support any that reach 60 in your current NI stubbing drive. SeveroTC 15:20, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
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Split of ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Business biography stubs
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With the cat nearing 800 (presently 734), I suggest splitting it somehow. Normally, I'd suggest a continental split for the usually forgotten South America and Africa, but seeing as the split for Protected areas was shot down, I am at a loss. A potential ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:African business biography stubs (fed by {{Africa-business-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAfrica-business-bio-stub}} and {{Zimbabwe-business-bio-stub}} is over 60 and could be a start.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 14:36, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- Shot down? Whaaaat? Support continental categories. I just don't see the long-term point of continental templates, since they'll inevitably be replaced, creating double-handling, and confusion of expectation if we whimsically create them, and then inconsistently decide to delete them. Alai (talk) 16:47, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- It makes no sense to create an upmerged {{Tanzania-business-bio-stub}} when there is only one article in ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Tanzanian businesspeople. By creating a continental split, we avoid having to make 200 templates for every stub.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 19:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
- So by "shot down" you meant something more on the lines of "I'm going in a huff about a counter-suggestion", then. BTW, I make that respectively 2 and 50-odd. Where do you suggest the trade-off lies between upfront work and double-handling is concerned? What about when we split out by sub-region, as you going to insist on an {{EAfrica-business-bio-stub}}, say? (Thus eventually introducing treble-handling, even.) Alai (talk) 13:46, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
- I wouldn't exactly call it a huff. When a category is barely over 60, I just don't see a point in over-templatization when the will isn't there. IMO, I'd say a template is needed for a country if they are bi-continental (like Turkey or Israel in sports) or when they reach 20-30 stubs. If an editor has the will to split by country (as I did with {{Africa-politician-stub}}) then I have no problem with them doing so.
- It makes no sense to create an upmerged {{Tanzania-business-bio-stub}} when there is only one article in ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Tanzanian businesspeople. By creating a continental split, we avoid having to make 200 templates for every stub.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 19:44, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
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More Northern Ireland geos
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- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:County Antrim geography stubs - 76
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:County Down geography stubs - 68
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:County Tyrone geography stubs - 66
None of the others reached 60, though Co. Londonderry was close (53). Ironically the one that was made unproposed (and which prompted this whole idea) is by far the smallest - Fermanagh only has 24 stubs, and will almost certainly need to be upmerged. Grutness...wha? 01:13, 8 July 2008 (UTC), updated 02:08, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Belfast geography stubs
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Slowly working my way through the Northern Ireland geo-stubs, divvying them up betweenm Belfast and the six counties, and Belfast has reached 60 stubs. Others will probably follow at some point fairly soon. Seems speediable. Grutness...wha? 01:55, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Oceanian rugby league biography stubs
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Still working through this... there are 75 articles marked with an Oceanian rugby league biography stub template (other than Aus or NZ which already have their own categories), so propose above category. SeveroTC 20:43, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
Support Should tidy up a few templates. Waacstats (talk) 06:54, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
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Irish politicians
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Irish politician stubs are getting closer to 800 the following splits by party are viable according to catscan
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Fianna Fáil politician stubs / {{FiannaFáil-politician-stub}} and redirect {{FiannaFail-politician-stub}}l
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Fine Gael politician stubs / {{FineGael-politician-stub}}
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Irish Labour Party politician stubs / {{Irishlabour-politician-stub}} or {{Ireland-labour-politician-stub}}
I have preference on which of the two templates we go for. Waacstats (talk) 21:00, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
- whichever of them we use, Labour should have a capital L. Grutness...wha? 01:05, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
- I'd somewhat prefer {{IrishLabour-politician-stub}}, with a redirect from {{Ireland-Labour-politician-stub}}. Alai (talk) 16:27, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
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Polish politicians
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Also over 750 are those poish politicians, again according to cat scan the following are viable.
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Platforma Obywatelska politician stubs / {{PlatformaObywatelska-politician-stub}}
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Prawo i Sprawiedliwość politician stubs / {{PrawoiSprawiedliwość-politician-stub}} and redirect {{PrawoiSprawiedliwosc-politician-stub}}
unless anyone knows anything official that is shorter for these two. Waacstats (talk) 21:00, 4 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Southern National Register of Historic Places stubs split
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Category is geting close to oversized, we already have by state upmerged templates and the following would all have 60+ articles. So speedy propose
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Maryland Registered Historic Place stubs
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Mississippi Registered Historic Place stubs
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:North Carolina Registered Historic Place stubs
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Washington DC Registered Historic Place stubs
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
Waacstats (talk) 08:29, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- See Washington D.C. above but support others.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 00:30, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{Argentina-university-stub}}
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we propose split the {{Argentina-university-stub}} on a new stub referred merely to those National Universities state-run institutions given the fact that these are a big lump in number (nearer to 40 institutions, and certainly around 40 articles under construction) and style of education.
By doing so, we propose {{Arg-National University-stub}} as a subcategory of {{Argentina-university-stub}}Carau(talk) 15:47 20 July 2008.
- Very strong oppose. The vote on the deletion of {{Arg-National University-stub}} was only closed yesterday, and that made it clear that universities are split by nation, not by whether universities are private or state run. In any case, given that teher are not even enough stubs marked with Argentina-university-stub for there to be a separate category for them, splitting would be extremely premature 9and if it was done, ti would be by subnatiuonal region, as with other university types worldwide). Grutness...wha? 01:02, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Who's "we"? You and the anon IP going around tagging clearly-non-stub articles, "double-stubbing" articles with duplicate tag, and generally creating one epic headache to clean this up? Enough already, please. Alai (talk) 01:37, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Ok I catch it, but by using this country criterion, not should be merged the Canadian and U.S. (and even Mexican) universities stubs into a more globally "North American University stub"?? On the other hand, where could I find information about a threshold needed to build up a new subcategory??. Have a nice day all Carau(talk) 16:47 21 July 2008.(UTC)
- New categories are created when there are 60 articles tagged with a stub template. The US and Canada both have more than 60 articles so have their own categories. SeveroTC 20:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- We're likely to be getting close to that threshold soon, it must be said, though the over-tagging somewhat fuzzifies this. Even if we creep up to 60 stubs specifically from the National University, and 60 others, I think a re-split would be more than a little dubious. (Elsewhere we've simply re-divided by subdivision (or semi-lumped 'region'), at the point that's become necessary, but the 'necessary' watermark is traditionally 800, so we're quite a way off that...) Alai (talk) 22:19, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- FWIW if and when, luckily Argentina's provinces seem to be usually regarded as being in six "semi-lumped regions". Grutness...wha? 00:49, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
- Hi guys, discarding at all splits it into a new National University stub I found this official resource which rise the argentinean university number up to 83 - Education Ministry of Argentina. Can I propose now an Argentinean stub as an independently category (of course once gathered at least 60 sites) from the South America University stub?? Carau (talk)
- Once there are 60 stubs on the subject (assuming they are really stubs, not larger articles) there'd be no problem with proposing a separate category. But it's best to have 60 existing stubs before proposing it. We don't split things up because there may someday be 60 stubs - only when we know that there definitely are 60. Grutness...wha? 01:09, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Hi guys, discarding at all splits it into a new National University stub I found this official resource which rise the argentinean university number up to 83 - Education Ministry of Argentina. Can I propose now an Argentinean stub as an independently category (of course once gathered at least 60 sites) from the South America University stub?? Carau (talk)
- FWIW if and when, luckily Argentina's provinces seem to be usually regarded as being in six "semi-lumped regions". Grutness...wha? 00:49, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
- We're likely to be getting close to that threshold soon, it must be said, though the over-tagging somewhat fuzzifies this. Even if we creep up to 60 stubs specifically from the National University, and 60 others, I think a re-split would be more than a little dubious. (Elsewhere we've simply re-divided by subdivision (or semi-lumped 'region'), at the point that's become necessary, but the 'necessary' watermark is traditionally 800, so we're quite a way off that...) Alai (talk) 22:19, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- New categories are created when there are 60 articles tagged with a stub template. The US and Canada both have more than 60 articles so have their own categories. SeveroTC 20:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
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Trade
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I think we could use a trade sub to take care of any pages that deal with trade or international trade. I counted 45 articles(that had trade in the title) in {{Econ-stub}} that could use the a trade stub. There are 285 articles in Category:International trade and probably a fair amount of them could use this stub. Thanks --Patrick (talk) 07:17, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
- There are over 60 articles marked {{econ-stub}} in the recursive ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:International trade, so support, either as {{trade-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Trade stubs or maybe {{international-trade-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:International trade stubs to match the perm cat. ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economics and finance stubs is very oversized, do you see any other obvious splits? SeveroTC 11:10, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks. There a slight difference between trade and international trade, trade would be more inclusive of articles that deal with trade within a country. I was thinking that it might be useful to create a category with trade and then have international trade as a sub-category. In terms of other stubs, maybe economic theory and economic/financial policies. I think it might be useful to expand this discussion by posting it on WikiProject Economics and WikiProject Business and Economics. I will post it. --Patrick (talk) 17:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the outreach to the WikiProjects. The only thing I have with that is it doesn't match what the perm cats are right now, since there is no ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Trade. I think it's often best to follow the perm cats. That said, I see no real reason why there should not be such a general trade perm category. I wouldn't be surprised if created it met the criteria for it's own stub template as well! On to additional splits of this category, I propose:
- {{econ-policy-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic policy stubs (87)
- {{econ-theory-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic theory stubs (62)
- {{econ-problem-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic problem stubs (259)
- SeveroTC 19:32, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
- In case it helps, {{econ-policy-stub}} and several other econ types are listed for creation on the to-do list. Her Pegship (tis herself) 03:11, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, sounds great. Should we add in a stub for trade too. I don't mind going around tagging some pages with Category:Trade. Also, what type of articles do you think would in the problem stub? Cheers --Patrick (talk) 03:56, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Cheers Peg, didn't see them. {{econ-problem-stub}} would cover stub articles in the recursive ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic problems. SeveroTC 07:13, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Ooo, new-category smell. Good call. Support any and all of these if they fly numerically, and help with the econostuberg. Severo, pardon me if I'm being dense, over-literal, or some combination of the two, but in what way are ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:economic problems and ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:international trade recursive? They don't look it to me... Alai (talk) 22:42, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Thatb would be the "economics stub mountain" ("stub lake"?), I think :) Support any that seem viable, per above. Grutness...wha? 01:16, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry I'm using AWB speak where recursive means "category and all sub-categories and all their sub-categories etc". SeveroTC 09:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- In stubspeak it usually means that the stub template has been erroneously transcluded into the category, meaning that the category becomes a subcategory of itself. Grutness...wha? 01:32, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- Sorry I'm using AWB speak where recursive means "category and all sub-categories and all their sub-categories etc". SeveroTC 09:47, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Thatb would be the "economics stub mountain" ("stub lake"?), I think :) Support any that seem viable, per above. Grutness...wha? 01:16, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Ooo, new-category smell. Good call. Support any and all of these if they fly numerically, and help with the econostuberg. Severo, pardon me if I'm being dense, over-literal, or some combination of the two, but in what way are ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:economic problems and ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:international trade recursive? They don't look it to me... Alai (talk) 22:42, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Cheers Peg, didn't see them. {{econ-problem-stub}} would cover stub articles in the recursive ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic problems. SeveroTC 07:13, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for the outreach to the WikiProjects. The only thing I have with that is it doesn't match what the perm cats are right now, since there is no ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Trade. I think it's often best to follow the perm cats. That said, I see no real reason why there should not be such a general trade perm category. I wouldn't be surprised if created it met the criteria for it's own stub template as well! On to additional splits of this category, I propose:
- Thanks. There a slight difference between trade and international trade, trade would be more inclusive of articles that deal with trade within a country. I was thinking that it might be useful to create a category with trade and then have international trade as a sub-category. In terms of other stubs, maybe economic theory and economic/financial policies. I think it might be useful to expand this discussion by posting it on WikiProject Economics and WikiProject Business and Economics. I will post it. --Patrick (talk) 17:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
Now that ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Trade has been created, support {{trade-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Trade stubs including international trade articles. SeveroTC 09:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
So I'm a bit confused about what happens next. Can I create the stubs myself or does somebody else do it? This is my first stub creation discussion. Thanks. --Patrick (talk) 01:05, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
- It's been more than five days so you can create them yourself, or if not I'll be back home tomorrow evening and will do them. SeveroTC 01:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I created them but can you look at them to see if i did it correctly. Thanks so much --Patrick (talk) 21:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- The templates were fine, I've tweaked the categories to normal stub standards. BTW, I see theat one of the permcats is at ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic theories (plural), which might have a slightly different meaning. That may need resolution elsewhere (it's not a stub problem, but should be noted). Grutness...wha? 00:35, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks! Good point on economic theories, I'll propose that it gets moved. Thanks --Patrick (talk) 00:39, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- The templates were fine, I've tweaked the categories to normal stub standards. BTW, I see theat one of the permcats is at ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic theories (plural), which might have a slightly different meaning. That may need resolution elsewhere (it's not a stub problem, but should be noted). Grutness...wha? 00:35, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Ok, I created them but can you look at them to see if i did it correctly. Thanks so much --Patrick (talk) 21:28, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{Horseracing-venue-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Horse racing venue stubs
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This one's not strictly necessary, since ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Horse racing stubs has only around 220 stubs, but of those some 108 - almost exactly half - are racecourses. Might be worthwhile to split them out, since they'd be a natural child type of sports venue stubs, too. Grutness...wha? 13:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support and propose further, {{UK-horseracing-venue-stub}} upmerged as 53 marked stubs are about UK racecourses. SeveroTC 11:17, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support both Grutness and Severo. Waacstats (talk) 15:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
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2 footballers
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Speedy the following as they both have upmerged templates with 60+ articles
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Bolivian football biography stubs
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Ecuadorian football biography stubs
Waacstats (talk) 15:19, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{WashingtonDC-struct-stub}}
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Over 60 articles so speedy propose it's category ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Washington, DC building and structure stubs.Waacstats (talk) 15:24, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Make that D.C. per ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C. and you've got yourself a speedy--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 15:27, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- A good example of why even simple categories should be proposed. change to ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Washington, D.C. building and structure stubs. Waacstats (talk) 20:13, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
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An upmerged template, which would help bring the number of entries in ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Norwegian politician, 18th century birth stubs to 70-80. Punkmorten (talk) 08:06, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support, per discussion at WP:SFD. Grutness...wha? 23:56, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Middle Peninsula geography stubs
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Virginia-geos are still very large, remaining counties seem to be bubbling under. A well-defined region seems to be the Middle Peninsula, which would also be comfortably populable. I'm going to speedy this, on the basis that the by-county templates are totally standard, and if necessary the regional lumping can be tweaked later. Alai (talk) 23:27, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support - on the assumption this is a category only, fed by county-specific templates. Grutness...wha? 00:48, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- To which add ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Shenandoah Valley, Virginia geography stubs, ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Northern Neck geography stubs, and whatever else we have a reasonably-scoped article for, and that passes 60. Alai (talk) 02:51, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:European politician stubs
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3 templates have passed 60, speedy propose the relevant categories.
- {{IsleofMan-politician-stub}} - ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Manx politician stubs
- {{Georgia-politician-stub}} - ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Georgian (country) politician stubs
- {{Slovakia-politician-stub}} - ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Slovak politician stubs
Waacstats (talk) 21:11, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support categorise away. I must admit to being surprised by the Manx one, but we may have active editors in Ramsay or Peel :) Grutness...wha? 23:47, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{NewZealand-outlying-geo-stub}}, {{OutlyingNZ-geo-stub}}, or similar name
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I daily trawl ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:New Zealand geography stubs looking for stubs needing further sorting, and I've noticed that of the 80-odd stubs which normally reside in that category, over 40 are from the New Zealand Outlying Islands. It would be a good idea, IMO, to have a separate template for them, since it seems likely they will eventually reach the 60 necessary for a split (indeed, I might make a few of the remaining stubs myself). As such, I'd like to propose an upmerged template for them - trouble is, what to call it? Personally, I'd favour {{OutlyingNZ-geo-stub}}, but I'm open to suggestions. Grutness...wha? 02:49, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
- I'm making it at {{OutlyingNZ..., with a redirect from the other name. Grutness...wha? 00:17, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
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{{Business-term-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Business term stubs and {{Economic-term-stub}}/‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economic term stubs
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Going though {{econ-stub}} and I've noticed that some articles could use {{Business-term-stub}} and {{Economic-term-stub}}. There is a ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Business terms and ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Economics terminology. Cheers --Patrick (talk) 19:15, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Oops - spotted too late! That should be {{Econ-term-stub}} - I've moved it and left the original name as a redirect. Grutness...wha? 00:22, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs split
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The result of the debate was create with correct County caps.
Category is slightly oversized (1155). Unfortunatly permcat is of no use in splitting this but there are lists of... by county so I propose splitting by county. The following templates and categories if over 60
- {{BarnstableMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Barnstaple county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{BerkshireMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Berkshire county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{BristolMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Bristol county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{DukesMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Dukes county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{EssexMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Essex county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{FranklinMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Franklin county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{HampdenMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Hampden county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{HampshireMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Hampshire county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{MiddlesexMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Middlesex county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{NantucketMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Nantucket county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{NorfolkMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Norfolk county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{PlymouthMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Plymouth county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{SuffolkMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Suffolk county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
- {{WorcesterMA-NHRP-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Worcester county, Massachusetts Registered Historic Place stubs
Waacstats (talk) 08:29, 22 July 2008 (UTC)
- Shouldn't all those "county" instances be "County" instead? - Dravecky (talk) 02:42, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Judo biography stubs
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Approaching oversized with absolutely no subcats or upmerged templates, I really have no suggestions for splitting other than national template feeding into continental categories. I don't forsee any country needing it's own category, as the country with the most Olympic medalists in Judo (Japan) only has 71 articles in ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Japanese judoka. I'd suggest someone get going on it because it is going to expand quickly with the forthcoming Olympics. Anybody know anything about Judo?--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 00:21, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
- Only 10 of the articles relate to Japanese Judoka (according to catscan) the largest seem to be Germany 51, France 50, Russia 43, Georgia 34, UK 29, Netherlands 23, Brazil 17. I would suggest categories for Europe and Asia with a continental template and any national templates people want to make at this moment or at any time in the future.Waacstats (talk) 08:31, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support Waacstats' suggestion. SeveroTC 11:19, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Armenia geography stubs, by province
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- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Syunik geography stubs 145
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Shirak geography stubs 119
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Lori geography stubs 117
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Aragatsotn geography stubs 112
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Gegharkunik geography stubs 99
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Ararat (province) geography stubs 99
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Tavush geography stubs 74
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Armavir (province) geography stubs 72
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Kotayk geography stubs 63
Parent is oversized, provincial split looks straightforwardly feasible. Alai (talk) 15:00, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
- Straightforward Support. Waacstats (talk) 15:09, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
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‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Bangladesh geography stubs, by division
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Oversized. Split by primary subdiv looks perfectly feasible, starting with:
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Barisal Division geography stubs 241
- ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Chittagong Division geography stubs 88
The lop-sided distribution suggests to me that someone's engaged in populating this at the moment, so upmerged templates would be timely. Alai (talk) 14:51, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support categories and templates. Upto 1111 by the way. Waacstats (talk) 11:43, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{US-hist-book-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:United States history book stubs
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71 items would qualify; I'm trying to keep ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:history book stubs from getting too big for its britches. Her Pegship (tis herself) 19:06, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{Algorithm-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Algorithm stubs
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The result of the debate was create as compu-algorithm-stub.
Hundreds of algorithm stubs exist throughout ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Computer stubs and ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Computer science stubs, both of which are Overpopulated stub categories. — Skittleys (talk) 06:39, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- Support, but I'd suggest making it compu-algorithm-stub or similar - algorithms aren't automatically computer-related, and the parent category ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Algorithms looks quite messy and in need of a shake-up soon. Grutness...wha? 09:00, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{Receptor-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Receptor stubs
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There are tens, if not hundreds, of these guys hanging out in the enormously overpopulated ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Biochemistry stubs and ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Protein stubs and their children. To me, the wording sounds a little awkward, but it follows from ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Receptors. — Skittleys (talk) 06:23, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
- There's a ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Transmembrane receptor stubs which already owns 747 articles (gulp!). Are the hundreds you mention of any particular type of receptor? Do we need to create something more specific? Her Pegship (tis herself) 06:14, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
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{{Biochem-method-stub}} / ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Biochemistry method stubs
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Both ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Biochemistry stubs and ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Protein stubs are near the top of the "oversized stub categories" list. Sifting through them, I can already see potential for this category. It would include not only methods but lab materials (e.g., growth environments—like the stub Bismuth sulfite agar—and synthetic and/or exogenous enzymes used for lab purposes would go here). Category name also matches the "real" category ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Biochemistry methods. ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:Protein methods also exists, which may warrant {{Protein-method-stub}} in the future, but I don't think there's enough to justify splitting biochem methods right now. — Skittleys (talk) 05:56, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
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{{Africa-AmFoot-bio-stub}}
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The result of the debate was create as upemrged Africa-Amfoot-bio-stub & Nigeria-Amfoot-bio-stub.
Feel free to suggest a different name, but I think an upmerged stub for American football players from African countries (such as Patrick Kabongo, Ashton Youboty, B. J. Tucker and Iheanyi Uwaezuoke). It would be upmerged to ‹The template Category link is being considered for merging.› Category:African sportspeople stubs, with the possibility of a {{Nigeria-AmFoot-bio-stub}} because of the large number of Nigerians playing American football.--Thomas.macmillan (talk) 15:37, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
- Weak support - with the proviso that these are -Amfoot-, not -AmFoot- , as per {{Amfoot-bio-stub}}. It's only weak support because of the info in the top of the main Amfoot-bio category re: using scountry-bio-stub, but I suspect it would simply be delaying the inevitable to oppose. Grutness...wha? 23:33, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
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