Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2007/December/11

December 11

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the stub template and/or category above. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the template's or category's talk page (if any).  No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was rename & upmerge

CPI(M)-politician-stub /
Unproposed, horribly named, narrowly scoped, and with parents that show no evidence that stub threshold is likely (even has only 82 articles - to get 60 stubs for each of these two categories seems highly unlikely at present). Delete. If the templates are to be kept (upmerged) they will need better names - have a look at CPI. Grutness...wha?  02:32, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I usually don't work with stubs, and had completly missed/forgotten the proposal procedure. Sorry about that. I had simply copied the basis for Template:BJP-politician-stub, and changed to apply for the CPI and CPI(M). I would urge for a keep on both. Both have a potential to be fully used, especially due to the many stubs of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha members. I'll populate the two for clarity during the day. --Soman (talk) 07:07, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * At the very least, renaming is needed for the templates - CPI could easily be, for example, the Communist Party of Ireland. BJP is so named because it is well-enough known worldwide not to be overly ambiguous. As far as the categories are concerned, what usually happens in these cases is if it can be shown that there are enough stubs during the counrse of the SFD debate, then they're kept. So... start tagging! (and don't worry whether you're tagging with templates that will need renaming - when renaming is done, it will likely be by bot :) Grutness...wha?  00:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Conditional Keep - I agree with a CPIM cat (they are a notable political force and there is probably enough population for the cat) but not the CPI stub (which means Consumer Price Index). Baka man  22:02, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Update, and an attempt to get more input: The second of these two has now reached threshold, and is acceptable on that basis - the first shows no sign of doing so (it's nowhere near - only 16 stubs). The template names are still contrary to stub naming conventions and need changing - but what to? If something can be done about the template name for the second one, then it looks keepable. A change of template name and upmerging of the first one seems possible, but the category is still unnecessary. Grutness...wha?  23:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Agree with keeping second template. Suggest upmerge first template and rename (to CPIndia-politician-stub?) possibly renaming second as well (to CPIndia(Marxist)-politician-stub?)Waacstats (talk) 10:47, 19 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Comment: Would it be possible to some up with a template name that did not include a parenthetical note instead? Perhaps CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub? - Dravecky (talk) 12:33, 19 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Upmerge the former and rename CPIndia-politician-stub, rename the latter to CPIndiaMarxist-politician-stub. Her Pegship  (tis herself) 17:18, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the template's or category's talk page (if any). No further edits should be made to this section.