Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/2010/October/11

Various from DOT

 * 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 speedy keep - nominator misunderstood how these templates are used


 * China-geo-stub
 * Bassist-stub (and redirects)
 * Diving-stub
 * Diving-bio-stub
 * China-road-stub

Listed on WP:DOT, but DOT can't be used for stub templates, so I brought it here. No transclusions. &mdash; Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 18:08, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep all. These stub templates were formerly in use and have all been deprecated by WP:WPSS, and as such are deliberately kept to avoid redlinking. Each of them contains text explaining why they have been kept and which templates should be used instead. this is common practice on stub templates (others to use this method include football-stub. They serve the same purpose as deprecated soft-redirect categories, and are p;eriodically checked by the stub-sorting project to ensure that no-one is using them and saving without checking what they say. WP:DOT should mention this form of deprtecation of templates, why it doesn't is a mystery (it will in a few minutes). Grutness...wha?  22:59, 11 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.