Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion/Log/Not deleted/January 2006

Single-stub /
This is a well-used stub type (182 entries). However, its parentage is questionable. Currently, it's a child of music-stub (however, is hasn't been listed on WP:WSS/ST since the time of discovery). I see the following reasonable options: Given that is a subcat of, I would like to see it merged to song-stub. (Wouldn't really mind other two options, though.) Conscious 11:50, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Just leave it as it is, and list it.
 * 2) Make album-stub its parent. However, albums are being divided by genre, and it makes sense to upmerge single-stub and sort singles by genre. But it may be left as a distinct subcat of album-stub as well.
 * 3) Make song-stub its parent. Songs are also divided by genre. Upmerging is also an option.
 * Merge to song-stubCirceus 16:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * merge per Circeus. It's always been a slightly ambiguous name, and there's no real need for separate stub categories for singles and album tracks. Any further splits would likely be by genre as per album splits. Grutness...wha?  04:26, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment. Aren't singles and songs different?  The word single generally refers to a CD, record, or other such medium containing a main song (or two main songs), a "B-side" track, and possibly instrumental versions or remixes of said tracks. A single is not a song; rather, it is a collection of songs. Furthermore, singles often have cover art that's distinctive from the album that the main song(s) may be featured on and also have their own sales figures.  Album tracks, on the other hand, should be considered songs, not singles, as an album track is one musical composition that's part of an album and not a separate entity like a single. Kamezuki 07:26, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that singles are something beetween albums and songs (hence the options I suggested). But a look into category makes me think it's being used for the songs which were released as singles. Conscious 11:03, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep with album-stub its parent. A single is a collection of tracks, making it a type of album. --Bruce1ee 08:23, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Bruce1ee. Kamezuki 02:36, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per User:Bruce1ee. Singles are different than songs, and this stub type is useful. --W.marsh 04:44, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep with as parent, most articles about the singles discuss more than just the A side.   Rossrs 12:28, 7 January 2006 (UTC)


 * keep with as parent, I've been sorting song-stub and singles don't really belong. Smmurphy(Talk) 19:35, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Maine-stub / Category:Maine stubs
Kept. See archived discussion here. --TheParanoidOne 16:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Africa-footyclub-stub /
In the 4 months this category exists, it has amassed 20 articles. I propose upmerging the articles to footyclub-stub and only re-creating this stub when it reaches the 60-80 stub threshold. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 19:33, 2 January 2006 (UTC) There are now 58 articles in the stub category, so I believe this category is finally viable. I hereby withdraw the nomination. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 00:00, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Upmerge or delete outright . Too small yet. Conscious 20:12, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep then. Conscious 08:00, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, we need more stubs on African football clubs, I'll get right on it. Kappa 07:16, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Actually, we need more articles on African football clubs. You've got a week though. :) Conscious 08:49, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. We have now a good number of stub articles. Carioca 18:42, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Can we turn this into a speedy (or premature) keep? Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 20:40, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Musicbio-stub
Redir. undeleted via WP:DRV. IMO the original reasons for deletion are still prfectly valid, and this is the proper place to relist. Delete. DES (talk) 06:30, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought we determined with the VFU that these would be listed on RFD. Speedy keep. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates! ) 06:46, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per overwhelming consensus on WP:DRV. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 06:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * since when is 8-6 overwhelming consensus? BL   kiss the lizard  11:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Deleting redirects to stub types that differ only in capitalization, spacing, or punctuation is akin to biting the newbies and discourages outsiders from assisting the stub-sorting project. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  07:03, Jan. 3, 2006
 * How on earth is deleting the redirects akin to biting newbies?? Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 15:58, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It deliberately increases the complexity of editing Wikipedia, pointlessly privileging experienced editors. Christopher Parham (talk) 22:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC)


 * speedy delete ads re-creation of previosly deleted template. DRV should not have voted for undeletion without at least mentioning that such a vote was in process here at SFD. Grutness...wha?  07:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * delete another attempt by spui to destroy stub sorting's naming conventions. BL   kiss the lizard  07:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per SPUI. Harmless redirect. FCYTravis 09:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * if it goes against naming conventions it isnt harmless BL   kiss the lizard  09:35, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Naming conventions are like all policies - to be ignored when they don't serve the interests of writing an encyclopedia. I fail to see how a redirect interferes with writing an encyclopedia. Given the often-unintuitive stub type names (when I'm on newpages patrol, sometimes I've tried four or five different combinations before hitting a stub template that works), redirects are a perfectly legitimate solution. FCYTravis 09:49, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * the only people who regularly use stub templates are stub sorters who know what a stub name is becuase it follows naming conventions. the more redirects there are that dont follow the naming the more people see them and start making their own nonstandar name templates. so the more nonstandard redirects there are the more templates there are that stub sorters have to deal with that they cant automatically know the names of. that makes it harder to sort stubs. which interferes with the writing of the encyclopedia. BL   kiss the lizard  09:56, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * What kind of hubris is that, "The only people who regularly use stub templates are stub sorters." That's bull. When I'm on newpages patrol and find stubs I make an effort to put a proper template on it. That job is *aided* by redirects. Please see WP:OWN - just because you do a *lot* of something does not make you the only person doing it and does not make your opinion the only one that is valid. It's *good* that we have a standardized system of template naming. If someone creates a stub template that's misnamed, just move it to the correct name. I don't see what the big deal is. You're acting like something that is, by definition, quick, cheap and easy, is a capital crime. Why is it a good thing to make it harder for people to access stub templates? Heck, might as well just delete all redirects to anywhere on the grounds that they make people think that creating articles with misspelled names is OK! FCYTravis 09:59, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * "The only people who regularly use stub templates are stub sorters"... this is because stub sorters alienate non-experts by making their task an elitist one, then personally attack such "outsiders" for using stub instead [] []. This could be a self-perpetuating cycle, similar to the way these redirects get deleted by consensus at SFD (by professional stub sorters who find them annoying), then get restored by consensus at DRV (by the rest of the community, who found them useful). Again, don't bite newbies. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  10:17, Jan. 3, 2006
 * do you really think that those edits show that i was attacking someone for only using stub? Spui was deliberately adding a whining "i wont do this" message and thats what the edit was about. i couldnt care less if he only uses stub. most people who create stub articles only use a general stub template likes stub or geo-stub or bio-stub. thats why we have to clear a couple of hundred stubs a day from those categories. if people sorted stubs into the different stub catagories we wouldnt have over a hundred people in a specialist project sorting stubs. we wouldnt be doing any work if people sorted their own stubs. FYCTravis im sorry if you think i insulted you. you are one of the rare good guys who looks for the corrrect catagory. but most dont, they just use stub and are happy enough to let stub sorters sort stubs. as User:xoloz said at DRV "Stubsorting is a thankless job, and the strange gnomes fine users :) who accomplish it should have some deference for expertise and effort -- I just use "stub," and I don't mind at all." as for the consensus of the comunity, the count was 8-6 for restore at DRV with two others saying they were happy to keep them deleted but didn't actually vote either way. if they had voted then it would have been even even when there were none of the regular stub sorters voting cause we didnt know about it. and redirects for articles dont create the extra server load that redirects for templates do plus article redirects always tell the person using them that theyre redirects and template redirects dont so its a different thing. one of the big reasons redirects for stub templates are often deleted is the extra server load becuase wikis servers have enuf strain without that. BL   kiss the lizard  11:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete again. The redirect was deleted through process, and any attempt to claim otherwise and fool the noble people at WP:DRV is (again, like the mfd) an attempt to prove a point. Stub redirects belong on SFD until notice to the contrary. You alone, SPUI, can't enforce that change. You've already tried a myriad of ways to do so. When will you have had enough and give up? Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 15:56, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete This whole controversy has convinced me we need to look at handling the redirect controversy via software engineering rather than human engineering as I mentioned at the RFD talk page. However until the naming guidelines get changed or a software engineer solution is provided, I'll stick with the best solution for now and vote to protect the naming guidelines in the manner that can be best done at this time. Caerwine Caerwhine 01:26, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per SPUI. Ashibaka tock 18:51, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Aecis. This does appear to be a violation of WP:POINT by SPUI. If you really think it belongs on RFD, transclude this section over there, or put in a link, or something. Stifle 10:30, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: confusing stub nomenclature causes real problems [] which the stub sorters refuse to admit. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  11:27, Jan. 6, 2006
 * Exactly, it causes problems. Which is why we need one nomenclature, and one nomenclature only, so that each contributor will intuitively know what stub template to use. Creating dozens of redirects where the only difference is a space instead of a hyphen, Us instead of US, etc. only adds to the confusion. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 11:46, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * "confusing stub nomenclature causes real problems". thats why we standardised it. why do you think we want rid of all the alternative nomenclature that cowboys keep making? to stop the problems! BL   kiss the lizard  22:36, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Alai 02:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, good redirect. Christopher Parham (talk) 22:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

US-street-stub
Redir. undeleted via WP:DRV. IMO the original reasons for deletion are still prfectly valid, and this is the proper place to relist. Delete. DES (talk) 06:28, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought we determined with the VFU that these would be listed on RFD. Speedy keep. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates! ) 06:46, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per overwhelming consensus on WP:DRV. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 06:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as redirect from an alternate name. We have street-stub, so why not this? --Mairi 07:00, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Deleting redirects to stub types that differ only in capitalization, spacing, or punctuation (or alternate words clearly having the same general meaning, e.g. "street" vs. "road") is akin to biting the newbies and discourages outsiders from assisting the stub-sorting project. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  07:03, Jan. 3, 2006
 * speedy delete ads re-creation of previosly deleted template. DRV should not have voted for undeletion without at least mentioning that such a vote was in process here at SFD. Grutness...wha?  07:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * delete goes against naming conventions. BL   kiss the lizard  07:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per SPUI. Harmless redirect. FCYTravis 09:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * if it goes against naming conventions it isnt harmless BL   kiss the lizard  09:35, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete again. SFD is the place to discuss stub redirects, and if SFD decides to delete a redirect, then that decision is final, "even if the people at SFD are as blind as a bat." Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 16:01, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Redirect from an alternative name. Caerwine Caerwhine 01:26, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per SPUI. Ashibaka tock 18:50, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, easier to type without any capital letters. Kappa 19:14, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete.  Alai 02:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Us-rail-stub
Redir. undeleted via WP:DRV. IMO the original reasons for deletion are still prfectly valid, and this is the proper place to relist. Delete. DES (talk) 06:26, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought we determined with the VFU that these would be listed on RFD. Speedy keep. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates! ) 06:46, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per overwhelming consensus on WP:DRV. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 06:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Deleting redirects to stub types that differ only in capitalization, spacing, or punctuation is akin to biting the newbies and discourages outsiders from assisting the stub-sorting project. &mdash; F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ TALK ] )  07:03, Jan. 3, 2006
 * speedy delete ads re-creation of previosly deleted template. DRV should not have voted for undeletion without at least mentioning that such a vote was in process here at SFD. Grutness...wha?  07:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * delete goes against naming conventions. BL   kiss the lizard  07:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per SPUI. Harmless redirect. FCYTravis 09:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * if it goes against naming conventions it isnt harmless BL   kiss the lizard  09:35, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Rules do not exist for their own sake. Breaking them is not inherently harmful. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 01:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete again. What's so difficult about capitalizing the second S? Doesn't each keyboard have a shift key? Laziness is no excuse. This redirect doesn't contribute anything, while it places an unnecessary load on the servers. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 16:03, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * You vastly overstate the performance impact of template redirects. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 01:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * That's not completely true. What I meant to say (I hope that came across) was that the added bonus of having this redirect imo does not weigh up to the server load. In other words: we're losing more than we're gaining from this redirect. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 15:51, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete I see zero reason to keep template redirects from misspellings. Caerwine <small style="font-family:sans-serif;color:darkred;">Caerwhine 01:26, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - what Freak of Nurture said. -- Cyrius|&#9998; 01:53, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, more people would stub-sort if it wasn't so darn finicky. Kappa 15:59, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Stop being so anal about spelling. Why don't you guys work on an actual article, okay. Ashibaka tock 18:39, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * What's so anal about comparing the merits of a typo redirect to the server load the redirect causes? And if you look at the contributions of the delete voters here, you will see that we all contribute to this encyclopedia on a regular basis. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 18:46, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The poor server is far more burdened by your stub sorting in the first place than it is by redirects. Ashibaka tock 18:49, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Are you sure about that? Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 18:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * No. I don't really care anyway, I just want this redirect kept even if we have to pay another $500,000 for it. Ashibaka tock 21:12, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There's also the proposal to orphan stub redirects by bot. Which would mostly negate the server load concerns, I'd think. And some of the concerns about undermining naming conventions. --Mairi 21:30, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Alai 02:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

NYCS stub
Redir. undeleted via WP:DRV. IMO the original reasons for deletion are still prfectly valid, and this is the proper place to relist. Delete. DES (talk) 06:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I thought we determined with the VFU that these would be listed on RFD. Speedy keep. --SPUI (talk - don't use sorted stub templates! ) 06:46, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per overwhelming consensus on WP:DRV. &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 06:57, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Speedy keep. Deleting redirects to stub types that differ only in capitalization, spacing, or punctuation is akin to biting the newbies and discourages outsiders from assisting the stub-sorting project. &mdash; <font color="006000" title="User:Freakofnurture">F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ <font color="006000" title="User talk:Freakofnurture">TALK ] )  07:03, Jan. 3, 2006
 * speedy delete ads re-creation of previosly deleted template. DRV should not have voted for undeletion without at least mentioning that such a vote was in process here at SFD. Grutness...<small style="color:#008822;">wha?  07:34, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * delete goes against naming conventions. BL   kiss the lizard  07:41, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep as per SPUI. Harmless redirect. FCYTravis 09:08, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * if it goes against naming conventions it isnt harmless BL   kiss the lizard  09:35, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete again *sigh* Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 16:04, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Weak Delete This whole controversy has convinced me we need to look at handling the redirect controversy via software engineering rather than human engineering as I mentioned at the RFD talk page. However until the naming guidelines get changed or a software engineer solution is provided, I'll stick with the best solution for now and vote to protect the naming guidelines in the manner that can be best done at this time. Caerwine <small style="font-family:sans-serif;color:darkred;">Caerwhine 01:26, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep all redirects. Ashibaka tock 18:50, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Alai 02:48, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

->
The corresponding template is Portugal-royal-stub, its wording refers to royalty. The stubs in the category are about the members of various royal families. As stub types distinguish between royalty and nobility, this category is confusing and needs renaming. (This one is from discoveries page, but has 77 stubs.) Conscious 08:19, 6 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Rename as per above . --TheParanoidOne 23:06, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * A little late to retract this, perhaps, but I've had a more thorough look and the stub may have "royal" in it, but the category actually talks about nobility and has Portuguese nobility as a parent category. It seems to me that the better option might be to leave the category as it stands, and rename the template to Portuguese-noble-stub. --TheParanoidOne 20:34, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I noted this, but every single stub from this category that I happened to view has an infobox saying "Portuguese royalty, House of ". The template name and wording are consistent with this. Stub category was probably named "Portuguese nobility stubs" to parallel main category. Conscious 21:17, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * relist here with new suggestion. and perhaps try to find an editor who knows portuguese history to say which would be better. BL   kiss the lizard  21:25, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Germany-university-stub / ; Taiwan-university-stub /
(October's discoveries) My only objection against these two stub types is that they are used on 25 and 21 articles respectively, despite the fact they were created on October 15, 2005. Weak delete. Conscious 07:58, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * weak keep They may not be heavily populated now, but they may come in handy later. if not, then there should be an overarching stub type where they can go, like "european-university-stubs" or "asian-university-stub" Kerowyn 09:38, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment Have you done a sort from their parents Germany-stub, university-stub, and Taiwan-stub to make certain that we aren't seeing a mere undersort instead of a lack of stubs? Caerwine <small style="font-family:sans-serif;color:darkred;">Caerwhine 18:07, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I haven't, and I'm not certain. Conscious 07:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Business-school-stub /
From stubberg. Created on September 27. Used on 6 articles. Delete. Conscious 10:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. Can be of use, as there's likely many more business schools which will start as stubs. --  user:zanimum
 * speedy keep as above. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sachindole (talk • contribs) 22:10, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mature category in its tininess.  Alai 02:23, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete as per nom. Proliferation of tiny stub categories is not fun. --TheParanoidOne 14:46, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Very useful, can be easily used to populate several articles, that haven't been stub-catted yet. --Gurubrahma 05:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Comedy-stub /
From stubberg. Created on October 26. Used on 24 articles. Could be useful, but apparently isn't. Weak delete. Conscious 10:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. What will these stubs be marked as, without "comedy"? Comedy is so large, there's sure to be more and more stubs for the cat, as Wikipedia expands. --  user:zanimum
 * if they're about comedians, then comedian-stub. for comedy films, comedy-film-stub. for tv programmes theres tvseries-stub. for comedy plays, theat-stub. that gets rid of most of them. (thats a delete btw) BL   kiss the lizard  23:23, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There are articles, such as double-take, that don't have an obvious stubtype, tho. (It's also now at 19 articles, after sorting appropriate articles into comedy-film-stub and comedian-stub.) --Mairi 03:17, 10 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Keep I came here from Pirate joke and there's nothing more appropriate for it than this one. Night Gyr 20:32, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, useful for comedy tv series, comedy plays, comedy books, comedy sketches etc. Kappa 03:24, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * A couple of things. Firstly, as BL Lacertae says above, most of them should be stubbeed elsewhere. Second, this stub was proposed and rejected at WP:WSS/P - it was created after that rejection. Given that I doubt anything has changed since that time, if it was turned down then it should be deleted. Grutness...<small style="color:#008822;">wha?  05:38, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep --Terence Ong Talk 14:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep - all practical jokes only belong in this category, AFAIK. ··gracefool |&#9786; 00:19, 14 January 2006 (UTC) Delete, too small. ··gracefool |&#9786; 00:59, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per Grutness. 25 articles is simply too few for a separate stub category. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 00:24, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Separate from what? Where would you put Pirate joke? Night Gyr 08:55, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Socio-stub? Vocab-stub? But that's not the point. Even if a stub template is very appropriate on one article (I agree that it is), that doesn't mean it is appropriate for other articles. The requirements clearly indicate that there is a minimum of roughly 60 articles for a stub type. This stub doesn't even come close. OTOH, if you or anyone else manages to add about 30 encyclopedic articles to this category, I shall reconsider my vote. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 20:50, 14 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Delete Small, cross-category.  Alai 02:23, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep - Important and necessary stub. (Ibaranoff24 03:58, 14 January 2006 (UTC))
 * Keep and populate. Surely there's unmarked comedy stubs out there. &mdash; <font color="006000" title="User:Freakofnurture">F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( [ <font color="006000" title="User talk:Freakofnurture">TALK ] ) ''' 23:38, Jan. 16, 2006

Image-Comics-stub /
Created on October 11. Used on 26 articles. A Google search suggests there's not many Image Comics stubs in the parent category. Delete. Conscious 07:12, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep Seems like a useful stub... Image is the 3rd or 4th largest US publisher of comic books... many titles do not yet have articles (see Image Comics) and would likely be stubs when they are created. Moving everything up to the parent category doesn't seem to be very productive. --W.marsh 15:35, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * We're trying to categorise the stubs that we have now. Not necessarily the ones that might possibly maybe exist at some point in the future. Stub categories are not the same as normal categories I'm afraid. Also, the "everything" you speak of is only 27 stubs :) --TheParanoidOne 23:19, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Eh well like I said, it's useful. A lot of people just read titles from one publisher, and don't really have interest or knowledge of titles by other publishers... so dividing stubs between the big 3 publishers just seems logical to me.  I don't really see what merging them up accomplishes but losing a bit of organization, however small it may seem. --W.marsh 23:55, 9 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and indirectly per TPO. Aecis Mr. Mojo risin' 21:39, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Rescope if feasible to do so, as the parent category isn't small by any means, otherwise delete until such time as it's of viable size. Alai 02:23, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I created the stub and category to try and reduce the huge size of the comics-stub category.--KrossTalk 05:16, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Cattheory-stub /
From stubberg. Created on October 2. Used on 15 articles. Delete. If kept, rename to categorytheory-stub. Conscious 10:00, 9 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Rename to categorytheory-stub. -- Fropuff 18:20, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Rescope to something broader if feasible (abstract algebra?), otherwise delete as too small. Alai 02:23, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Rename fairly well defined field in mathematics. --Pfafrich 03:46, 14 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Rescope if possible, else delete and put them back into Category:Mathematics stubs. That category is a bit full and this one is tiny, hence the rescope would be the preferable option for both categories. However it's not so full that it couldn't take these 15 stubs if deletion happens. --TheParanoidOne 14:51, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Panama-bio-stub
From stubberg. Created on July 30, used on 1 article. Delete or merge to CentralAm-bio-stub. If kept, rename to JeronimodelaOssa-stub. Conscious 08:14, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. I've not yet made a count of them, but I've resently been through a large number of articles about Panamanian politicians (especially presidents of Panama) in politician-stub. Virtually all of them is a stub. --Valentinian 10:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: there are 163 CentralAm-bio-stubs. Conscious 10:50, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: that low number is because a large number of politicians have been tagged only with Politician-stub. Carabinieri and I are currently splitting up Politician-stub, and we're double stubbing these articles with both "Politician-stub" and "-bio-stub" (i.e. if enough articles exist, we propose a separate -politician-stub). But neither of us have started working on the Central / South American politicians yet. Alternative: Rename from Panama-bio-stub to Panama-stub. El Salvador already has a stub. --Valentinian 12:04, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: I spoke too soon. Carabinieri is currently sorting, and the CentralAm-bio-stub is now up to 206 stubs (and a lot of stubs still remain unsorted.) --Valentinian 12:14, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment: I've gone through the list of Panamanian politicians, there's around 40 politician stubs. I've found around 10 more stubs in Category:Panamanian people --Valentinian 12:28, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * If there are 50 Panamanian people stubs, as Valentinian says, with the likelihood that this number will grow significantly, I say we keep this template and (please) unredlink the category. Aecis Mr.Mojorisin' 12:32, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Update. I've done some sorting and it is now used on 59 relevant articles. --Valentinian 12:30, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * No reason to delete, then. I've listed in on WP:WSS/ST. Conscious 13:27, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

martialartbio-stub
This stub should be re-named to martialart-bio-stub in line with other stubs. --Valentinian 19:08, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I disagree. The convention for sportspeople is bio-stub, so one word. See for instance cyclingbio-stub, cricketbio-stub, footybio-stub and gymnasticsbio-stub. Aecis Mr.Mojorisin' 19:21, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep per Aecis, unless we want to rename all bio-stub's to -bio-stub's. Conscious 19:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Withdrawn. I didn't realize that this convention exists for the sport stubs. I'm not surprised that the other stubs quoted by Aecis follow the same pattern since they were created by the same author. I still feel that it'd look better to follow the "-bio-stub" convention, but it'd probably be too much work going through every single sport stub. --Valentinian 20:02, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * It's not all that much, now that we've got the Mairibot to do it. Aecis Mr.Mojorisin' 20:05, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * A bot would certainly be an advantage. I completely forgot about that possibility. Well, I believe that it would be better if the sport stubs were changed to the standard "-bio-stub" but it probably involves a lot of work and I'll leave that decision to the rest of you. --Valentinian 22:53, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There's also TPO-bot. But I'd agree that having them follow the -bio-stub standard would make sense. It takes little effort to rename things by bot, so I wouldn't mind seeing it done. --Mairi 23:06, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * There was a genuine reason for doing it this way - to keep all occupation-stubs with the same number of hyphens (so footybio-stub and, say, writer-stub were both the same "level" of split), but in reality there's probably little reason for that to be done. Grutness...<small style="color:#008822;">wha?  23:24, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, that makes some sense. But now that we have things like film-bio-stub and academic-bio-stub, all the occupation-stubs don't have the same number of hyphens anyway... --Mairi 01:08, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

US-hiphop-band-stub //
Most of the hip-hop artists on Wikipedia are from the US, so its redundant with. Also, this stub is being used on American rappers and DJs indiscriminately-- not just hip hop bands. Defintely needs deletion, as its redundant and pointless. (Used currently by 147 articles)--Urthogie 16:49, 26 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Oppose - if some articles have been missorted, put them in the right category. Category:Hip hop stubs is already quite large, so a special category for US groups is not a total nonsense. And not all stubs about hip hop are about groups, let alone about US groups. So I don't think it really is redundant. -- Robert Weemeyer 18:34, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep, although individual performers should be sorted into appropriate categories. I don't think it's pointless, and I believe there are lots of non-US hip-hop artists on Wikipedia. Conscious 18:52, 26 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Keep. This template is one of 8 US-band-stub genre splits that were proposed here and here . Deleting this template will overload hiphop-stub (currently 197 articles). --Bruce1ee 07:13, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Bruce, what I'm saying is that if we put all the US artists into that it would be just as overloaded.--Urthogie 11:33, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * US-hiphop-band-stub is for US hiphop bands/groups only. hiphop-stub is for all other hiphop acts/musicians, that is non-US hiphop bands/groups and all hiphop musicians (US and non-US). US-hiphop-band-stub currently has 149 stub articles. If we delete this stub template, these 149 article will have to be moved to hiphop-stub, which will then grow from its current 422 articles to 571 articles. --Bruce1ee 12:13, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * The thing is, almost every guy in the stub type you created currently does not fit that description-- a lot of them are individual rappers. If I were to move all the non groups from it, it would have so few left.--Urthogie 15:24, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Then shouldn't you do so? Then a) they'll be more correctly categorised, and b) we can more clearly assess the size of the remainder.  Alai 15:29, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounds fair as a temporary solution. Can I have some help in sorting out the non-bands and the non-us guys into hiphop-stub?  Thanks for any friendly volunteers!--Urthogie 15:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, I found two. On an admittedly non-exhaustive check, most of the ones I looked at seemed kosher.  Alai 03:36, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


 * On the basis that there seems highly likely to be well in excess of 60 of these after any further re-sorting, keep. Alai 03:36, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Let me make something clear. A hip hop group is not a hip hop band. A hip hop band is live instruments. An example would be The roots. Most of these are just groups. Does that make sense? There would be like 5 things left in this category once we wasted our time sorting through.--Urthogie 12:11, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * In a word, no; that didn't make a lot of sense at all, sorry. Why is them being "just groups" (several are duos, also) make them inappropriately sorted in a "groups" category?  Alai 18:51, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


 * The stub is called "," not .--Urthogie 19:37, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * But the category says groups. If the distinction is significant, or the inconsistency bothers you, perhaps you should be voting to rename, rather than delete?  Alai 20:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


 * My whole point is that this was created along with all those other band categories, without thinking about proper set categorization within hip-hop categories. How about this-- we make it hiphop-groups-stub.  Why? Because we have hip hop albums stubs, hip hop songs stubs, etc.  It makes sense to make it on that level for now.  If we find that its overloaded, we can split it into multiple stub types.  So what would you think that rename?--Urthogie 20:10, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Your whole point seems to be a little fluid, but I'd be in favour of such a rename. Alai 20:14, 28 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Heh, well what would be the most reasonable way to go about pursuing such a rename without pissing people off/surprising them?
 * Well, this is the right place... If there's no rush of votes before the original nom closes, you could relist as a rename request.  Not impossible some people may be pissed off by the "rapid relisting", though.  OTOH, you could just create US-hh-b, as a redirect for the time being.  Alai 20:27, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This has all got very messy, so here's a redux from my POV:
 * in stub sorting, the use of the word "band" as part of a template simply means any musical ensemble. Simon and Garfunkel are a "band", so are the London Symphonic Orchestra. It doesn't simply refer to 3-8 piece ensembles playing instruments. As such, rap duos can be perfectly well stubbed with hiphop-band-stub. The template is simply a tool for editors, and the actual wording of the template is far more important than the shorthand used for its name.
 * if solo hiphop and rap artists are being marked with either hiphop-band-stub or hiphop-stub, and they are in danger of "flooding the category", then there is clearly a need for a separate hiphop-musician-stub. I think thatc reating the separate musician category, for solo artists, would go a long way to clearing up this mess.
 * given (2), can be - and should be - a parent category for hiphop-band-stub, hiphop-musician-stub, hiphop-album-stub, hiphop-song-stub, and any other similar stub types.
 * Grutness...<small style="color:#008822;">wha?  22:11, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Suggested rename
Does anyone oppose a rename of the stub to and the category to Category:Hip hop group stubs?--Urthogie 22:56, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Rename. I have no objection to a rename. The majority of the articles in US-hiphop-band-stub were sorted by me on the basis that "hiphop groups" and "hiphop bands" are (for the purpose of stub sorting) essentially the same thing. --Bruce1ee 05:22, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose the proposed rename. I originally mis-read the proposal as US-hiphop-band-stub -> US-hiphop-group-stub. --Bruce1ee 05:46, 30 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I assume you're in effect proposing a rescope here, too. Alai 05:37, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm new to stub types for deletion. What's a rescope?--Urthogie 12:24, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * OK I read up on it. I'll do this at some point soon.--Urthogie 18:26, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm a little lost: do what soon?  Isn't that what you just did?  Alai 22:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

I oppose the rescoping. Some people have sorted US-hiphop-band-stubs out, let's not mix them with non-US stubs again. As for the template name, I'm pretty happy with the current one, which is in line with other - -band-stubs. If the name US-hiphop-band-stub is incorrect, reword the template/category text. After all, we mark poets with writer-stub.

On the other hand, having templates like separate hiphop-band-stub and hiphop-bio-stub could be useful. Let's take that to WP:WSS/P if anyone bothers. Conscious 19:41, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Being in line with other stubs shouldn't be what we decide based on-- stub categories should be based on the articles themselves. And the categorization we had just didn't make enough sense on that level.--Urthogie 19:51, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

We seem to be about three variants deep at this point, and the discussion period's a little far advanced to get any consensus for a last-minute change to a rename or rescope. I oppose on the basis of general confusion: please relist later with some clarity about what's being requested, ideally after some discussion with other editors involved to establish some form of plan here. Alai 22:43, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Urthogie has already moved Category:United States hiphop musical group stubs to Category:Hip hop group stubs, leaving a redirect. However the articles still point to the old category name. -- Robert Weemeyer 23:24, 29 January 2006 (UTC)


 * Give me strength. I've just reverted this mess, and listed the residual template and cat.  I'm tempted to speedy-delete them at once, but I'll adhere to proprieties...  Alai 03:07, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Melody Nelson

 * Melody Nelson Delete: This stub should be definitely deleted because its nature is unencyclopedic and trivial; at most, it can be merged with the Movable Type article. NeoThe1 08:37, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Um... I don't think you understand the purpose of WP:SFD. This page is for nominating stub templates and categories. Actual stub articles should go to WP:AFD. Grutness...<small style="color:#008822;">wha?  09:13, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I've removed the sfd template from the article. Aecis Mr.Mojorisin' 14:50, 2 February 2006 (UTC)