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In order to maintain some consistency in the naming of stub templates and their corresponding stub categories, several recommendationsconventions for stub naming are used in [[Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion|stub deletion/merging/renaming]], for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals|new stub proposals]], and by ''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|WikiProject Stub sorting]]'' while cleaning up stub organization. The following is a list of the most important recommendationconventions to take into consideration when naming a stub template and its stub category.

:''For a full list of stub types in use, see the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types|Stub types list]].''

==Summary==

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*Stub template names with three parts (xx-xx-stub) or more are normally used only when an existing Wikipedia article category is divided into subcategories e.g., dividing biography stubs by nationality)

*Stub category names should be in the form {{cl|England stubs}}, {{cl|Politics stubs}} &mdash; not {{cl|England-related stubs}}, {{cl|English stubs}}, {{cl|Politics-related stubs}}, {{cl|Political stubs}}

*These are only recommendationsconventions, and may have exceptions where warranted, but the fewer exceptions there are, the better

*Many existing stubs and their categories do not follow these guidelines, but some of these may be [[Wikipedia:Stub types for deletion|changed]] to names which more closely follow these recommendationsconventions

==Stub templates==

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When the name has three or more parts (xx-xx-stub, etc.), ''hyphens'' not spaces are used between all sections. This usually happens in two cases:

#When a ''compound'' "child" stub type is created by the intersection of two (or more) "parent" stub sorting topics (''e.g.'' {{tl|France-geo-stub}}, which is the intersection of {{tl|France-stub}} and {{tl|geo-stub}}).

#When the subject of a stub has two or more parts to its name (''e.g.'' {{tl|DC-Comics-stub}}, {{tl|opera-singer-stub}}; the latter type should be avoided, by running words together<!--, as in EXAMPLE HERE-->, since this allows creation of shorter compound stubs<!--, e.g. EXAMPLE HERE-->.

Compound stubs, which make use of the major ''and'' subdivisional components, are formed by subdividing a subdivisional stub sorting topic into smaller, more specific, child subtopics of the original topics, most often by ___location. Thus, the majority of compound stubs are formed by a combination of a geographical ___location subdivisional topic and one major topic, ''e.g.'' {{tl|Australia-bio-stub}}, or {{Kansas-geo-stub)). Other intersections of two topics result in non-geographical compound stubs of the same form, such as {{tl|sports-bio-stub}}. As topics (which usually but not universally coincide with [[Wikipedia:Category|categories]]) further subdivide, additional disambiguating major components may be added, as in {{tl|India-sport-bio-stub}}.

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*SAsia - South Asia

*SEAsia - Southeast Asia

*Taiwan, or ROC (''or'' ROCRoC, ''or'' Roc) - Republic of China (Taiwan, Chinese Taipei)

Europe:

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*{{tl|Mexico-tv-stub}} (Mexican television)

*{{tl|SouthAm-actor-stub}} (South American actors)

*{{tl|Japan-sport-bio-stub}} (Japanese sports biographies) &mdash; an example of a threefour-component compound stub

*{{tl|sci-hist-stub}} (history of science) &mdash; an example of an all-major-component compound stub

===Stub template redirects===

Redirects are used far less frequently with stub templates, but still exist. Redirects follow the same guidelines as the templates they redirect to, and because the naming guidelines are fairly [[PrescriptivismLinguistic prescription|prescriptive]], there is less opportunity for properly named redirects to exist.<!--Needs work, but NOT NOW.-->

==Stub categories==

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==Exceptions==

There are, of course, some exceptions to these recommendationsconventions, and some stub templates and categories that do not follow them. Some of these are due to the stub template being made by someone from outside the WP:WSS project. Others are for the convenience of editors, or because the name was the most logical one. [[WP:WSS]] is actively pursuing the renaming of some of these stubs and stub categories, although many of them "work well enough" that this may not be necessary.

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