Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2008/May/1

May 1

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The result of the debate was delete

taxonomy-stub /
Delete. Also inactive since March 2007, unproposed, and contains 9 items.
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The result of the debate was delete

Has been loitering on the discoveries page since March 2007. I have upmerged the template to and recommend that we delete this category; despite the exonumia WikiProject, this category has only ever held 22 items max, and that was last July. Now it's down to 17. Her Pegship  (tis herself) 21:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was delete

24Stub
Unproposed stub template which is apparently for the television series 24, despite feeding into the Dr Who stub category. Very poorly named (and unsuitable by naming conventions), and also questionable it would see much use - there are only some 70 articles in total in the various categories relating to 24 (television series). I'd favour deletion, but at the very least it needs a rename to 24-tv-stub or similar, given that 24 can refer to a large number of different things, and some more sensible parentage as far as categories are concerned. Grutness...wha?  02:22, 1 May 2008 (UTC) Does that resolve your concerns? Steve Crossin  (talk)   (review)  02:40, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'll admit it was poorly made, it was something I whipped up in a few minutes. I'd be happy to fix it up and move the title. Would that resolve your concerns Most Wikiprojects have a stub template, if this is fixed up, I ask, why can't this have one too? Steve Crossin   (talk)   (review)  02:37, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Not really. The size is still a major consideration, both in terms of the potential for this category and in terms of the category which this would (if it had one listed) be the subcategory of. If anything, you've compounded the problem slightly since we now have both a template and a redirect to discuss, instead of just a template.You now have a stub template leading to a category which should have a Stub-Class template, which seems to highlight the problem nicely. Are you perhaps from a WikiProject looking to highlight the few stub articles relating to that project? If so, then a Stub-Class WikiProject-specific talk page banner template is the more practical solution, and is the one usually used by WikiProjects with small numbers of articles. By using that, you can assess all your articles, not just stub templates (see WPBeatles as an example of such a template). Stub templates serve a different purpose and are primarily for use outside wikiprojects. Grutness...wha?  02:48, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

Right, I see the thing here. We already have an assessment banner. In that case, I see where you're coming from, there's no need to double do something, therefore:

Delete: Even though I'm the creator, I see no point in doubling up with an assessment banner and a stub banner, I'm OK for an admin to delete this, as long as they fix up the red links. Steve Crossin  (talk)   (review)  02:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)


 * And yes, I co-ordinate the 24 Wikiproject, we have a full assessment page here I never thought of a stub template until someone from the Dr Who Wikiproject suggested it, hence the reason why the template originally linked to Dr Who stubs. Anyway, I won't stop the deletion. Steve Crossin   (talk)   (review)  03:08, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
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