Wikipedia:Stub
The name of the stub category should also have been decided during the proposal process and will also follow the naming guidelines.
The text of a stub category should contain a definition of what type of stubs are contained in it and an indication of what template is used to add stubs to it. The {{WPSS-cat}} template should also be placed on the category, to indicate that it has been created after debate at Wikipedia: WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. The new stub category should also be added to the Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types list.
The new stub category should be correctly added into other categories. These should include at least three specific categories:
- The analogous permanent category ("permcat")
- At least one higher level ("parent") stub category
- Category:Stub categories
Thus, for example, Category:France stubs, should be in an equivalent permcat (Category: France), parent stub category (Category:Europe stubs), and Category:Stub categories.
The creation of stub categories can be partially automated by using {{Stub category}} as follows:
{{Stub Category|article=[[A]]|newstub=B|category=C}}
A: Insert the description of the category here.B: Insert the name of the new stub template here.C: Insert the name of an appropriate parent non-stub category.
In the example given above, the formatting would look like this:
{{Stub Category|article=[[France]]|newstub=France-stub|category=France}}
This syntax also automatically adds the new category to Category:Stub categories, though parent stub categories and {{WPSS-cat}} still need to be added manually.
If you have some doubts or comments regarding any part of the process, do not hesitate to address them at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Stub sorting.
See also
- Wikipedia:Stub Makers
- Wikipedia:Substub
- Help:Section for information on {{Sectstub}}, a related template type used to mark sections of articles
- List of stub templates (or the easier-to-load list of subpages here)
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Lists
- Wikipedia:Requested articles
- Wikipedia:Most wanted articles
- Wikipedia:Lückenhaft (German)
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