Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2010/October/10

NetherlandsAntilles-geo-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 Rename all templates and the category to 'CaribbeanNetherlands-'. Ruslik_ Zero 19:22, 8 November 2010 (UTC)


 * Moved from incorrect forum Grutness...wha? 

This template is redundant due to the Dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles - the Netherland Antilles no longer exist, and thus there is no longer any possible application. Jan 1922 (talk) 14:00, 10 October 2010 (UTC) The last one has already been re-written to describe the subjects as former, but I think it can be replaced by the generic template. Jan 1922 (talk) 16:55, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Support. The template is rarely used anyway, since almost all the items which could use it already use equivalent templates for Sint M., Sint E., Saba, Curaçao or Bonaire. Given that the Netherlands Antilles no longer exist, we may need to also consider what to do with NetherlandsAntilles-stub and, since (with one or two major exceptions) stub types are not divided by former political entities. Grutness...wha?  22:40, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I think that a single stub template for the Netherlands Antilles could remain, for use on articles which will continue, despite the dissolution, to remain associated primarily with the Netherlands Antilles (e.g. Netherlands Antilles at the 1960 Summer Olympics). -- Black Falcon (talk) 05:04, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Agreed. I will just edit it to refer to the "former Netherlands Antilles" (I'm presuming that's what we do with the GDR) to prevent confusion with the current state. Jan 1922 (talk) 16:42, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I'd be opposed to that, simply because of the potential proliferation of stub templates for former states if this were to set a precedent. As I said, we have a handful for former states, but in each case there is a huge body of stubs relating to it (e.g., Soviet Union, Ancient Rome). I doubt that Netherlands Antilles would fall into the same category. In any case, this is now used on precisely zero stubs - it was only on one before the proposal to delete it. I would have no objection to replacing this stub and the other NA ones with a CaribbeanNetherlands-geo-stub (-bio-, -politician-, etc), since that is the new name for the "rump antilles". Grutness...wha?  22:45, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * These are also redundant as far as I can see:
 * Template:NetherlandsAntilles-footy-bio-stub
 * Template:NetherlandsAntilles-athletics-bio-stub
 * Template:NetherlandsAntilles-politician-stub
 * As above, Changing these to CaribbeanNetherlands- and if necessary adding the equivalent Curaçao- etc stub templates would be the normal way to proceed. Admittedly, this isn['t the sort of thing which has happened often since stub templatign got organised, so "normal' is working from a very small data-set! Grutness...wha?  22:45, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Rename all to CaribbeanNetherlands-geo-stub, etc. per Grutness. Dana boomer (talk) 15:10, 31 October 2010 (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.