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In order toTo maintain some consistency in the naming of stub templates and their corresponding stub categories, several conventions 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 conventions 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]].''

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

*These are only conventions, 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 whichthat more closely follow these conventions

==Stub templates==

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===Components===

====Order and form====

Very high-level stubs are formed by combining a ''subdivisional'' component '''or''' a ''major'' component and the ''stub'' component (''e.g.'', {{tl|Germany-stub}}, {{tl|hist-stub}}, respectively). Most stubs are ''compound'' stubs, formed by combining one ''subdivisional'' and one or more ''major'' components (or no subdivisional but just two or more major components), and the ''stub'' component, in that order.<!--Later on, we should strongly discourage the creation of new high-level stubs! But NOT NOW.-->

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}}.

Regardless, a standardized format should be used for the major component, and a (different) standardized format for the subdivisional component(s) if any, along with the fixed-format stub component. These formats are as listed below:

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====The ''major'' component====

Below is a list of some of the available major component general topic areas<!--complete it later and change language here, but NOT NOW-->, used for the middle component(s) of compound stub names. Each major component refers to a very high-level, ''general'' Wikipedia article [[Wikipedia:Category|category]] whichthat has been split, with a specific subdivisional component (and sometimes with other major components), to make the new child topic. Major components are used to create the most general high-level stub templates, such as {{tl|bio-stub}}.<!--Later we should strongly discourage creation of random new major components/stubs. But NOT NOW.-->

''All'' major components are entirely lower-case (and, as shown, are separated from other components with hypens.) Many of them are abbreviated, to avoid having to use long words like "geography" in thousands of stub templates, at the expense of some clarity &mdash; of current stub topics, the most ambiguous are probably bio-stub (biography, not biology) and geo-stub (geography, not geology) &mdash; but their number is limited so this is not seen as problematic.

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Asia:

*CAsia - Central Asia

**Kyrg - Kyrgizstan

*MEast - Middle East

*SAsia - South Asia

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====Mix and match====

From the above lists and from the actual names of countries (not listed here) a large number of potential stub categories can be created whichthat fit into standardized and rather predictable patterns. A few examples should demonstrate:

*{{tl|Canada-poli-stub}} (Canadian politics)

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

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===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==

===General form===

The general form of stub category names is "Noun stubs" (e.g., {{cl|History stubs}}). Preferably, these ''should be in a similar form to their non-stub parent categories'', although this is not always the case. The format "Adjectival stubs" (e.g., {{cl|Historical stubs}}) is not to be used.

===Abbreviations===