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"Speedy creation"
editA 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, July 2026
editPlease check how many articles qualify for a stub type before proposing it.
NEW PROPOSALS
edit- Note to stub creators:
Scientist stubs
editWhile going through the scientist stubs i noticed that we don't have continent level templates to feed into the continent level categories, rather than requesting multiple templates per category I would like to , as a start, propose the following:
- {{Africa-scientist-stub}}
- {{Asia-scientist-stub}}
- {{Europe-scientist-stub}}
- {{NorthAm-scientist-stub}}
- {{SouthAm-scientist-stub}}
- {{Europe-botanist-stub}}
- {{SouthAm-botanist-stub}}
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Cicadidae stubs
editOver 700 articlces, the following subfamilies have sufficient articles for categories
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Eumolpinae stubs
editAs below these are pushing 800 and I make the same comment regarding the petscan numbers:
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Notodontidae stubs
editPushing the 800 limit, definitly in need of a trim. No genus has enough articles but the following seems viable, note the petscan only includes the genus not the individual species, once these are included the number jumps well above 60:
- Dioptinae stubs {{Dioptinae-stub}} - petscan
- Heterocampinae stubs {{Heterocampinae-stub}} - petscan
- Notodontinae stubs {{Notodontinae-stub}} - petscan
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Split of football bios
editA number of countries football biography by position have grown up and could do with a split, in the past when splitting one of the outfield positions we have split all three positions therefore I propose the following with xxxx replaced by decades, templates where we have articles with players born in those decades and categores where the templates pass 60;:
- Austrian football defender, xxxxs births stubs {{Austria-footy-defender-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Austrian football midfielder, xxxxs births stubs {{Austria-footy-midfielder-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Austrian football forward, xxxxs births stubs {{Austria-footy-forward-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Belgian football defender, xxxxs births stubs {{Belgium-footy-defender-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Belgian football midfielder, xxxxs births stubs {{Belgium-footy-midfielder-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Belgian football forward, xxxxs births stubs {{Belgium-footy-forward-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Norwegian football defender, xxxxs births stubs {{Norway-footy-defender-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Norwegian football midfielder, xxxxs births stubs {{Norway-footy-midfielder-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Norwegian football forward, xxxxs births stubs {{Norway-footy-forward-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Serbian football defender, xxxxs births stubs {{Serbia-footy-defender-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Serbian football midfielder, xxxxs births stubs {{Serbia-footy-midfielder-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Serbian football forward, xxxxs births stubs {{Serbia-footy-forward-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- South Korean football defender, xxxxs births stubs {{SouthKorea-footy-defender-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- South Korean football midfielder, xxxxs births stubs {{SouthKorea-footy-midfielder-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- South Korean football forward, xxxxs births stubs {{SouthKorea-footy-forward-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Turkish football defender, xxxxs births stubs {{Turkey-footy-defender-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Turkish football midfielder, xxxxs births stubs {{Turkey-footy-midfielder-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
- Turkish football forward, xxxxs births stubs {{Turkey-footy-forward-xxxxs-stub}} - petscan
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
missing footy bios
editWe are currntly missing the following template that should have over 60 articles:
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Speedy
editThe following have passed the 60 article threshold for a category of thier own:
- Florida baseball team stubs {{Florida-baseball-team-stub}}
- Texas baseball team stubs {{Texas-baseball-team-stub}}
- German football defender, 1930s birth stubs {{Germany-footy-defender-1930s-stub}}
- Japanese politician, 1980s birth stubs {{Japan-politician-1980s-stub}}
- French cardinal stubs {{France-RC-cardinal-stub}}
- Dioscoreales stubs {{Dioscoreales-stub}}
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
Calpinae stubs
editCategory is currently oversized at over 800 articles, I propose spliting out the Tribe Calpini, unfortunatly no good petscan exists but Calpinae does list the genus in the tribe and this suggests plenty of articles for the category.
Waacstats (talk) 20:39, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
2020s South Korean film stubs
editIn January, User:Waltzingmogumogupeach created Category:2020s South Korean film stubs without having a stub template. There are currently 3 articles in the category. GoingBatty (talk) 12:54, 5 July 2026 (UTC)
- You can nominate the category for deletion at CfD. Thanks for catching that. Her Pegship (?) 18:00, 6 July 2026 (UTC)