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On this WikiProject Stub sorting subpage, you can propose new stub types (please read the procedures beforehand!), as well as the reorganization and subdivision of existing stub types. You can also discuss anything else related to stubs on the talk page.

Proposing new stub types – procedure

Important: If you wish to propose the creation of a stub article you've come to the wrong place. If you don't have a username yourself, please go to WP:AFC for proposing a new article. If you already have a username, you can create the article yourself. If you don't know how, add {{Helpme}} to your user talk page to request help from other editors. This page only deals with stub templates and categories; we cannot help you with creating articles.

Proposing new stub types
If you wish to propose a new stub category and template, please follow these procedures:
  1. Check the List of stub types or under Category:Stub categories to make sure that your proposed new stub does not already exist.
  2. List it at the top of the current month's section, under a header, like the ones shown (if any). Sign it with a datestamp (~~~~).
    • Please bear in mind that a stub category isn't about the importance or notability of the topic!
  3. Find a good number[1] of stub articles, as many as you can, that will fit that template. You may use this tool to scan through categories; tagged stubs are always in Category:All stub articles and transclude {{asbox}}. Each of these articles can be:
    • currently marked with {{stub}};
    • currently marked with another type of stub tag (in which case you should justify why your tag is better for the article than the current one);
    • a stub whose categorisation is highly ambiguous or questionable;
    • not marked as a stub.
  4. If you use any category scan (from the tool mentioned above or from any other), please link to it so that other users can confirm that the results are still accurate.
  5. Others may do the same, if they so desire.
  6. 5 days after listing it here, if there is general approval or no objection, go ahead and create the new category and/or template following the format on Wikipedia:Stub. List the new stub type on the stub types list in an appropriate section. If consensus is not clear, or discussion is still ongoing, the proposal will remain open until consensus can be reached.
  7. If you wish to propose a stub type which does not currently have 60 articles that could use it, you may propose an upmerged template in a similar way. An upmerged template would feed into currently existing stub categories until such time that there are enough stubs for a separate stub category. At that point a category for it may be separately proposed. Some times, it may be difficult to be sure how many stubs would get a tag - in which case you can also start with an upmerged stub tag until you're sure there are enough.

DO NOT place a proposal here for any stub type which has already been created and is being discussed at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion. The proposal page is only for stub types that have not yet been created, and it is better to keep any discussion of such stub types in one place rather than splitting it between different pages. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion is the correct page for proposals to delete a stub type.

^ Good number means about 60 articles or more, or 30 or more if it is the primary stub type of a WikiProject, though this figure may vary from case to case.

"Speedy creation"

A stub type may be proposed for "speedy creation" if it meets one of the following criteria:

  • S1 - the creation of a category for which an approved upmerged template already exists and is now in use on more than 60 articles.
  • S2 - the creation of an upmerged national-level template for a subject in which other such national-level templates currently exist (e.g., X-bio-stub, X-hist-stub, or X-geo-stub, where X is the name of an internationally widely recognised country) or other instances where a clearly established pattern of similar subtypes exists. The proposed topic may not be controversial in scope.

List speedy creation proposals in the same proposal listings as normal stub proposals below.

Proposals, August 2025

Please check how many articles qualify for a stub type before proposing it.

NEW PROPOSALS

Minas Gerais geography stubs

Over 600 articles, this one will be a bit difficult as I cant find a decent category structure to use as a basis for a petscan search, it seems the regions changes in 2017? so a hand search will be needed at least to complete this. Obviously templates first, categories iff they pass 60.

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Erebinae stubs

Over 600, needs a resort as it looks like some genus have moved out of one sub cat, to catch some of this I propose:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Marginellidae stubs

Another one over 600, looking at the category alot begin Marginella therefore I propose:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hepialidae stubs

Over 600 articles, could do with a trim. the following are viable based on names rather categories:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pooideae stubs

over 600 articles, the following appears viable:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Heterobranchia stubs

These are both a bit odd, I have found 200 articles that belong in a sub-category or sub-sub-category the only problem is one is a "Parent only" and therefore don't have a general stub tag, the other is also "parent only" and its stub tag redirects to its grandparent I propose removing the parent only status from the two categories below and creating the matching template to allow articles from smaller sub-categories of the perm cats a way into these categories and un-redirecting the existing template to the correct category:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bombycoidea stubs

Another one over 600 articles that could do with a split. I propsoe the following:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

American Civil War biography stubs

over 600 articles, I propose splitting out the soldiers and sailors of either side:

for some reason the category has a lower case a for army inn the Union army category, everything is uppercase so I have followed suit Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

New South Wales geography stubs

A good split already started on this +600 category. I porose continueing that split with:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Photography stubs

another one over 600, could do with a trim. I believe enough of the articles relate to lenses though I think the petscan results include a number of false positives.

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Georgia_(U.S._state)_politician_stubs

Over 600, could do with a trim I propose following the exammple of many other states and split out the state level politicians. I am not 100% convinced we need the disambig here but thought better to keep it inline with the politician parent:

There will be about 50 overlapping. Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Faboideae stubs

Over 600 articles I have found the following to be large enough:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy

This weeks finds:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Split in Turkey

A few Provinces in Turkey have over 600 articles and could do with a split. I propose a split by District as per the already split provinces, not all of these will pass 60 so templates first then categories for those that pass the 60 mark:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Two Austrian geo splits

Both Lower Austria and Styria are starting to get a bit large at over 600 articles. I propose a split by division for both, not all of these will pass 60 so templates first then categories for those that pass the 60 mark:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Võru County geography stubs

Pushing 700 articles could do with a split I propose splitting by parish, one of these may be a bit short so templates first, categories iff they reach 60:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Standards and measurement stubs

Closing in on 700 articles, I'd like to propose the following:

Waacstats (talk) 16:41, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy categories

I will likely create these when I'm at my computer next time:

Might be worth having the -river-stub for each one double upmerged to there as well as the river category (look at my speedy from last week), might also make a couple of other counties viable?. Waacstats (talk) 08:08, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Spilomelinae sub-stubs

Some of the stubs in Spilomelinae stubs are of the Hydririni tribe; as such, I'd like to propose a subcategory/template:

- OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat01:46, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I also plan on making {{Herpetogrammatini-stub}} for those belonging to the following genera of Herpetogrammatini (these don't have their own stub category):
- OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat02:04, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Great catch, these need a good breakdown. Waacstats (talk) 08:09, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Coccinellidae stubs

Coccinellidae stubs is hella big; I propose making the following sub-stubs (based on subfamily, tribe, then genera): Coccinellinae stubs, {{Coccinellinae-stub}}

Epilachnini stubs, {{Epilachnini-stub}}

Scymninae stubs, {{Scymninae-stub}}

Sticholotidinae stubs, {{Sticholotidinae-stub}}

- OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat00:35, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support, however I would suggest making templates for the tribe level, I think there are other genera that could go there and if there aren't now there may be in the future if the biologist decide to move genera around. Waacstats (talk) 08:14, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I just included the tribe templates in my request. I'm getting ready to go to class - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat13:46, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A note to any admins looking for any empty categories: I'm currently working on these, but I'm not at home right now - OpalYosutebitotalk』 『articles I want to eat18:13, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ardabil province geography sub-stubs

Main stub category: Ardabil province geography stubs. I'm back before school starts to make proposals:

Looks good, glad to see you back! Waacstats (talk) 08:16, 28 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Crambini stubs

Flavobacteria stubs

Actinomycetota

Rugby union orgs

Split of steroids

Speedies

Speedys

Apocynaceae

Hypsogastropoda stubs

Limenitidinae stubs

Miridae stubs

Milesiini stubs

Mesostigmata stubs

Staphylinidae stubs

Speedy

Large Olympic medalists stubs

Sports biographies

Ascomycota stubs

Cumberland geography stubs

Theclinae stubs

Protein stubs

Speedy categories

Biologist

Proposals, July 2025

Canada lake stubs

Canada lake stubs should be split into subcategories:

this looks good to me.Waacstats (talk) 18:15, 3 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy

I really hope this is the last of them...

Iran road stubs

Mine stubs

Burmese film stubs

Proposals, June 2025

Another German geography stub proposal

A speedy

Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs

Idaho Registered Historic Place stubs

Georgia (U.S. state) Registered Historic Place stubs

Indian film actor subs

Oregon Registerd Historic Places stubs

Texas Registered Historic Place stubs

speedy

Iranian politician stubs

German writer stubs

German film actor subs

Canadian screen actor subs

speedy

Indian actor stubs

Yemen geography substubs

Purba Bardhaman district geography stubs

Speedy parent category proposal

Buprestidae sub-stubs

Ammonite sub-stubs

Epidendreae sub-stubs

Epidendreae stubs is oversized; I propose breaking the category up a little more:

Pleurothallidinae stubs

Acianthera stubs

Acrotaeniini stubs

Proposals, May 2025

Niphona stubs

7TM receptor stubs

A speedy

United States organization stubs

British writer stubs

United States organization stubs

French film actor subs

Adventure film stubs

Awami politician stubs

Speedies

1950s German film stubs

National Assembly of Hungary member stubs

Inorganic compound stubs

1940s American Western (genre) film stubs

Buryatia geography stubs subtemplates

Novosibirsk Oblast geography stubs

17th-century English MP stubs

Paris geography stubs

14th-century English MP stubs

Greenland glacier stubs

Australian politician stubs

Sao Paulo State geography stubs

La Paz department (Bolivia) geos

Norwegian writers

American architects

split of Canterbury archdeacons

Motorcycle manufacturers

Christian clergy

Speedy

American painter stub categories

Ammonite sub-stubs

Acianthera stubs

deupmergers

Military units

Punjab,_Pakistan_geography_stubs

British Columbia interior geo stubs

Mine stubs

Swedish actors

Pakistan MNA's

Irish Anglican clergy stubs

2000s rock song stubs

Cacia stubs

Agelasta stubs

Frea (genus) stubs