Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2007/January/5

Hindu-theo-stub /

 * 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 keep; create Category:Hindu theology perm cat

Not proposed. No corresponding perm cat. I recommend merging with Hindu-philo-stub (also not proposed, but it's well populated and there is a ). ~ Amalas rawr  =^_^=  19:52, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Object Here is the proposal. The ensuing discussion produced 3 supports and no opposes for a consensus. Also, there is a significant difference between Hindu-philo-stub and Hindu-theo-stub as "theology" also includes rituals and ceremonies, godhead, scripture and a degree of mythology that "philosophy" does not usually encompass - there are a lot of stubs based on Vedic myths, ceremonies and theology that cannot be associated with the usual definition of philosophy. But should serve as the main category for both these templates.  Rama's arrow  21:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I did finally manage to find the full proposal. I do apologize for not finding it earlier.  I always seem to search for things and not find them, only to have someone point it out shortly thereafter and I'm like "where did that come from?"  Anyway, I can see that the text of Hindu-theo-stub does include things like scripture and ceremony, but that's not clear just by looking at the template name/category.  Are you sure  is the right corresponding perm cat? What about  and/or ?  Maybe a clearer wording would benefit.  Also, maybe we should have the parent just be  instead of  so as to make it clearer that they are separate things.  ~ Amalas  rawr  =^_^=  21:45, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No problem - for some damned reason, I can't find a proper archive either. I don't think we should drop these stubs under the Hinduism cat, as that defeats the purpose of having a separate stub. I know it appears strange, but I would recommend creating, of which the and  would be sub-cats. I think the problem you are trying to attack here is of categories, not stubs - I wish we could control the creation of categories to an extent.  Rama's arrow  23:29, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Perhaps you are correct. I try to have the stub cats follow the perm cats as closely as possible.  So I suppose when the two don't match up, I assume the stub cat is at fault.  I'm not sure that simply creating a  container will really solve anything though.  Out of curiosity, is there enough Hindu texts to have its own Hindu-text-stub (similar to Christian-text-stub?  Maybe splitting that out will help clarify some scope issues.  ~ Amalas  rawr  =^_^=  23:56, 5 January 2007 (UTC)


 * No I don't think that will work, especially as a majority of the entries in the Christian text stub are commentaries, studies and modern versions. The present number of Hindu text stubs aren't enough. Rama's arrow  00:04, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * The lack of a permcat does seem a little odd; is there any reason for why there's not?  If these articles are all legitimately on Hindu theology, adding a new permanent parent would seem sensible.  Alai 01:54, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep - I am probably one of the few updaters of this stub. Theology refers to taxts and commentary, while philospohy refers to actual concepts. Baka man  03:43, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Comment I suggest a name change. We don't even have an article called Hindu theology. GizzaChat  &#169; 12:02, 6 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Keep--D-Boy 15:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
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