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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:

Check the List of stub types or under Category:Stub categories to make sure that your proposed new stub does not already exist.
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!
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.
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.
Others may do the same, if they so desire.
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.
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, March 2026

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

NEW PROPOSALS

Note to stub creators:

When creating stub types, please list them on the stub type list.

Sericini split by subtribe?

Sericini stubs is massive. I propose splitting it by the subtribes labelled here - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 04:01, 1 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Proposals, February 2026

speedy

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This weeks finds for speedy cats

Iranian organisation stubs {{iran-org-stub}}
Guadeloupean politician stubs {{Guadeloupe-politician-stub}}
Dominican politician stubs {{Dominica-politician-stub}}

Waacstats (talk) 08:23, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Architect stubs

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Similar to my previous proposals I would like to de-parent only European archtiect stubs by creating {{Europe-architect-stub}} as there are 5 or 6 articles in the parent category that should be moved here but I dont want to create 4 or 5 templates to do it. Waacstats (talk) 08:23, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Engineer stubs

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As with above I would like to de-parent only the follwong two categories:

Asian archtiect stubs by creating {{Asia-engineer-stub}}
European archtiect stubs by creating {{Europe-engineer-stub}}

as there are numerous articles in the parent cateogry that should be moved here but I dont want to create numorus templates to do it, and add to the large number of templates in some of the national people stub categories. Waacstats (talk) 08:23, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Scarabaeidae stubs

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This area seems to be undergoing a large increase in articles and the following is now viable:

Maechidius stubs {{Maechidius-stub}}

Waacstats (talk) 08:23, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support I'll get to work on it ASAP :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 23:58, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It belongs in Sericoidinae stubs - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 16:57, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Sericini stubs

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Newly created, with more articles having been created since the proposal. The following genus is viable as a category on its own.

Euphoresia stubs {{Euphoresia-stub}}
Hyposerica stubs {{Hyposerica-stub}}
Lasioserica stubs {{Lasioserica-stub}}
Trioserica stubs {{Trioserica-stub}}

Waacstats (talk) 08:23, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The first two are part of an earlier proposal by Opal below. Waacstats (talk) 16:27, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support as always. Screw these beetles. I prefer the Beatles! >:D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 16:50, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Another day, another stub :D

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For Melolonthinae stubs:

Macrodactylini stubs, {{Macrodactylini-stub}}; 138

For Scarabaeidae stubs:

Sericoidinae stubs, {{Sericoidinae-stub}}; 94 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 01:29, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

These beetles are getting annoying. Support. Waacstats (talk) 15:33, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Shout out to everyone who sorts insect stubs. I can't even. Her Pegship (?) 18:54, 28 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Trilobite sub-stub ideas

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Hi! As we all know, Trilobite stubs is very big. I'm debating on what the best way to split it would be, and I came up with two possible ideas:

Trilobite stubs by taxonomy. These pertain to the subcats of Trilobite taxonomy:
1. Redlichiida stubs, {{Redlichiida-stub}}; 119
2. Agnostida stubs, {{Agnostida-stub}}; 66
3. Corynexochida stubs, {{Corynexochida-stub}}; 91
4. Librostoma stubs, {{Librostoma-stub}}; 333
5. Phacopida stubs, {{Phacopida-stub}}; 230
Trilobite stubs by geological period. These pertain to the subcats of Trilobites by geological period:
1. Cambrian trilobite stubs, {{Cambrian-trilobite-stub}}; 446
2. Devonian trilobite stubs, {{Devonian-trilobite-stub}}; 82
3. Ordovician trilobite stubs, {{Ordovician-trilobite-stub}}; 192
4. Silurian trilobite stubs, {{Silurian-trilobite-stub}}; 64

Which one is best? And are there any typos? Thanks for giving me a great full year at WPSS! :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 01:05, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Happy anniversary!!! I would say the first one splits it up better and some of the work is already done but I'm no expert on Trilobites. Waacstats (talk) 15:33, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'll let it cook until more feedback comes in :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 00:22, 24 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Catocalini sub-stubs

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For Catocalini stubs

Catocala stubs, {{Catocala-stub}} - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 19:00, 19 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support nice find. Waacstats (talk) 15:30, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Fissurellidae sub stubs

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For Fissurellidae stubs:

Diodora stubs, {{Diodora-stub}}; 71
Emarginula stubs, {{Emarginula-stub}}; 79 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 08:29, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support will keep it off the over 500 list. Waacstats (talk) 15:29, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Ammonitina stubs

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For Ammonitida stubs:

Ammonitina stubs, {{Ammonitina-stub}}; 324 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 08:29, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support another good find. Waacstats (talk) 15:28, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Another speedy

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Acavidae stubs, {{Acavidae-stub}} - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 08:18, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Calliostoma stubs

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For Calliostomatidae stubs:

Calliostoma stubs, {{Calliostoma-stub}}; 224 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 01:13, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support looks good from here. Waacstats (talk) 15:27, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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More sericinae sub-stubs

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For Sericinae stubs:

Euphoresia stubs, {{Euphoresia-stub}}; 63
Hyposerica stubs, {{Hyposerica-stub}}; 63 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 03:14, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support need to change the search to Sericini-stub following recent creations, otherwise helps cut down an oversize category. Waacstats (talk) 15:25, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Omorgus stubs

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For Trogidae stubs:

Omorgus stubs, {{Omorgus-stub}}; 147 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:16, 16 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support looks good. Waacstats (talk) 15:24, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedy

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Bihar university stubs, {{Bihar-university-stub}} - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 22:58, 15 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician stubs

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Over 60 articles, can spllit by division:

Dhaka Division Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician stubs {{Dhaka-BNP-politician-stub}} - Tuhin (talk) 19:07, 18 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The petscan] only shows 50 articles, assuming the extra 10 can be found I would have no objection. Waacstats (talk) 15:23, 23 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Devon geography stubs

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Another over 500, can spllit by district:

North Devon geography stubs {{NorthDevon-geo-stub}}
Torridge geography stubs {{Torridge-geo-stub}}
Mid Devon geography stubs {{MidDevon-geo-stub}}
East Devon geography stubs {{EastDevon-geo-stub}}
Exeter geography stubs {{Exeter-geo-stub}}
West Devon geography stubs {{WestDevon-geo-stub}}
Teignbridge geography stubs {{Teignbridge-geo-stub}}
Plymouth geography stubs {{Plymouth-geo-stub}}
South Hams geography stubs {{SouthHams-geo-stub}}
Torbay geography stubs {{Torbay-geo-stub}}

I think this will need to be hand sorted so templates first, categories only for those that pass 60. Waacstats (talk) 18:23, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Sericinae stubs

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Recently created and already upto 1100+ articles, I propose splitting by tribes per here;

Ablaberini stubs {{Ablaberini-stub}}
Diphucephalini stubs {{Diphucephalini-stub}}
Sericini stubs {{Sericini-stub}}

This will require sorting by hand Waacstats (talk) 18:23, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Continent sport cats

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As a continuation to last month. I would like to propose the following templates to save from requesting multiple templates per continent and potentially ending up swmping some scountires cateogries with barely used templates

Judo biography stubs - {{Africa-judo-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-judo-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-judo-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-judo-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-judo-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-judo-bio-stub}}
Fencing biography stubs - {{Africa-fencing-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-fencing-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-fencing-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-fencing-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-fencing-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-fencing-bio-stub}}

Waacstats (talk) 18:23, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedies

This weeks finds

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1920s crime film stubs {{1920s-crime-film-stub}} and {{1920s-crime-drama-film-stub}}
Welsh athletics biography stubs {{Wales-athletics-bio-stub}}
Albanian sports venue stubs {{Albania-sports-venue-stub}}

Waacstats (talk) 18:23, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Sericoidinae stubs

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For Scarabaeidae stubs:

Sericoidinae stubs, {{Sericoidinae-stub}}; 88 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 01:00, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support - And another off the over 500 list. Waacstats (talk) 10:41, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Microserica stubs

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For Sericinae stubs and Microserica:

Microserica stubs, {{Microserica-stub}}; 61 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 00:22, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support - I had this one on my list to propose, someone has gone crazy with the parent of this category, I will try and look to see of splitting by tribe is viable/useful. Waacstats (talk) 10:43, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Carabidae sub-stub

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For Carabidae stubs:

Tetragonoderus stubs, {{Tetragonoderus-stub}}; 85 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:46, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Will take another off the over 500 list. Waacstats (talk) 10:41, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Nebriinae sub-stub

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For Nebriinae stubs:

Nebria stubs, {{Nebria-stub}}; 279 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:46, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support - Good find. Waacstats (talk) 10:40, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Psydrinae sub-stub

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For Psydrinae stubs:

Mecyclothorax stubs, {{Mecyclothorax-stub}}; 238 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:46, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support - No issues I can see. Waacstats (talk) 10:40, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Rhysodinae sub-stubs

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For Rhysodinae stubs:

Omoglymmius stubs, {{Omoglymmius-stub}}; 153
Clinidium stubs, {{Clinidium-stub}}; 85 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:46, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support - again look good to me Waacstats (talk) 10:39, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedies

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For Adephaga stubs:

Gyrinidae stubs, {{Gyrinidae-stub}}; 96
Noteridae stubs, {{Noteridae-stub}}; 76 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 21:55, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support - look good to me Waacstats (talk) 10:39, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Dermestidae sub-stub

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Dermestidae stubs is pretty big; I propose the following split:

Anthrenus stubs, {{Anthrenus-stub}}; 195 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 17:11, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support everything looks good with this one. Waacstats (talk) 08:17, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedies

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For Elateroidea stubs:

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 15:36, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

if only all categories were as easy to cut down. Support. Waacstats (talk) 08:16, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Sericinae stubs

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A split of Scarabaeidae stubs, has numerous pre-existing stub cats:

Sericinae stubs, {{Sericinae-stub}}; 635
- Gynaecoserica stubs
- Maladera stubs
- Neoserica stubs
- Serica (beetle) stubs
- Tetraserica stubs
- Trochalus stubs (see below proposal) - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:11, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support as great minds think alike. Waacstats (talk) 08:14, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Trochalus stubs

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For Scarabaeidae stubs:

Trochalus stubs, {{Trochalus-stub}}; 69 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 02:11, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I have to support this given my proposal below. Waacstats (talk) 08:13, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Melolonthinae sub-stubs

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For Melolonthinae stubs:

Amiserica stubs, {{Amiserica-stub}}
Miridiba stubs, {{Miridiba-stub}}; 63
Astaena stubs, {{Astaena-stub}}
Gastroserica stubs, {{Gastroserica-stub}} - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 22:09, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

support, this will rduce one fo the mega categories. 08:11, 4 February 2026 (UTC)

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Greek mythology stubs

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Over 600 articles, Categorisation is all over the place with this if I remember but the following looks viable and petscan seems to show it, though a hand sort will be needed to remove the false positivies.

Children by Greek deity stubs {{Child-GreekDeity-stub}} - petscan]

Any help with the name would be appreciated. Waacstats (talk) 20:05, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Scarabaeidae-stubs

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New to the oversized list this month, I propose the following to reduce it down (and probably some sorting to existing categories)

Sericinae stubs {{Sericinae-stub}} - petscan]
- Trochalus stubs {{Trochalus-stub}} - petscan]

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This weeks Speedy categories

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South Korean baseball pitcher stubs {{SouthKorea-baseball-pitcher-stub}}
1930s animated short film stubs {{1930s-short-animation-film-stub}}
2000s animated short film stubs {{2000s-short-animation-film-stub}}
Japanese poet stubs {{Japan-poet-stub}}
South African tennis biography stubs {{SouthAfrica-tennis-bio-stub}}
German bridge (structure) stubs {{Germany-bridge-struct-stub}}
Saxony-Anhalt building and structure stubs {{SaxonyAnhalt-struct-stub}}
Austrian architect stubs {{Austria-architect-stub}}
Polish architect stubs {{Poland-architect-stub}}

Waacstats (talk) 20:05, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support; my only complaint is that some of the links have typos in them @Waacstats - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 15:28, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I presume this is that i had the categories as films instead of film. any others? Waacstats (talk) 08:42, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

"animated" was capitalized - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 12:48, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I went back and fixed the errors. Sorry for taking a bit long to respond - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 12:49, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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France river stubs

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Over 500 articles, I propose splitting by region, same as how we split the geo stubs.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes river stubs {{AuvergneRhôneAlpes-river-stub}} - petscan]
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté river stubs {{BourgogneFrancheComté-river-stub}} - petscan]
Brittany river stubs {{Brittany-river-stub}} - petscan]
Centre-Val de Loire river stubs {{Centre-river-stub}} - petscan]
Corsica river stubs {{Corsica-river-stub}} - petscan]
Grand Est river stubs {{GrandEst-river-stub}} - petscan]
Hauts-de-France river stubs {{HautsdeFrance-river-stub}} - petscan]
Île-de-France river stubs {{IledeFrance-river-stub}} - petscan]
Normandy river stubs {{Normandy-river-stub}} - petscan]
Nouvelle-Aquitaine river stubs {{NouvelleAquitaine-river-stub}} - petscan]
Occitania (administrative region) river stubs {{Occitania-river-stub}} - petscan]
Pays-de-la-Loire river stubs {{PaysLoire-river-stub}} - petscan]
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur river stubs {{Provence-river-stub}} - petscan]

Due to rivers running through multiple regions haveing categories and those categories being subcats of rivers of Region, careful sorting will be needed and categories only for those that finally reach 60. If anyone knows about the French regions can they check the Pays-de-la-Loire categories as wikipedia has some with "-" and some without. Waacstats (talk) 20:05, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Proposals, January 2026

Idlib Governorate geography sub-stubs

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Splits for Idlib Governorate geography stubs:

Maarat al-Numan District geography stubs, {{MaaratNuman-geo-stub}}; 155
{{Ariha-geo-stub}}; 53
{{HaremSY-geo-stub}}; 53
Idlib District geography stubs, {{IdlibDistrict-geo-stub}}; 68 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 00:00, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good find, support. Waacstats (talk) 20:06, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Hama Governorate geography sub-stubs

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Splits for Hama Governorate geography stubs:

Salamiyah District geography stubs, {{Salamiyah-geo-stub}}; 119
Al-Suqaylabiyah District geography stubs, {{Suqaylabiyah-geo-stub}}; 114
Hama District geography stubs, {{HamaDistrict-geo-stub}}; 121
{{Maharda-geo-stub}}; 31
Masyaf District geography stubs, {{Masyaf-geo-stub}}; 93 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 00:00, 31 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Well found, support Waacstats (talk) 20:07, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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1910s American film sub-stubs

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I propose this for 1910s American film stubs:

1910s American silent drama film stubs, {{1910s-US-silent-drama-film-stub}}; 209 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 14:52, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support plenty of precedant. Waacstats (talk) 20:08, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Just looking again at this, can we drop "silent" because all films in the 1910s were silent. Waacstats (talk) 10:37, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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1920s American film sub-stubs

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I propose this for 1920s American film stubs:

1920s American silent drama film stubs, {{1920s-US-silent-drama-film-stub}}; 346 - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 14:52, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support anouther one off the over 500 list. Waacstats (talk) 20:08, 1 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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French military personnel stubs

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Over 500 articles I believe we can trim this back by splitting by force, similar to the US and UK splits

French Army personnel stubs {{France-Army-bio-stub}} - petscan
French Navy personnel stubs {{France-Navy-bio-stub}} - petscan
French Air and Space Force personnel stubs {{France-AirSpaceForce-bio-stub}} - petscan

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American film biobraphy stubs

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Over 500 articles probably in need of a good sort sort, but one obviously missing subcat is for special effects. I therefore propose the following:

American special effects biography stubs {{US-specialeffects-bio-stub}} - petscan

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Further continental sports templates

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Following on from creating the continental templates for Paralympic medalist stubs. I would like to do the same for a number of other categories, namely:

Canoeist stubs - {{Africa-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-canoe-bio-stub}}
Field hockey biography stubs - {{Africa-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-fieldhockey-bio-stub}}
Golf biography stubs - {{Africa-golf-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-golf-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-golf-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-golf-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-golf-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-golf-bio-stub}}
Rowing biography stubs - {{Africa-rowing-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-rowing-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-rowing-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-rowing-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-rowing-bio-stub}}
Rugby union biography stubs - {{Africa-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-rugbyunion-bio-stub}}
Sailing biography stubs - {{Africa-sailing-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-sailing-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-sailing-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-sailing-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-sailing-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-sailing-bio-stub}}
Sport wrestling biography stubs - {{Africa-wrestling-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-wrestling-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-wrestling-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-wrestling-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-wrestling-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-wrestling-bio-stub}}
Squash biography stubs - {{Africa-squash-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-squash-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-squash-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-squash-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-squash-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-squash-bio-stub}}
Tennis biography stubs - {{Africa-tennis-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-tennis-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-tennis-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-tennis-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-tennis-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-tennis-bio-stub}}
Volleyball biography stubs - {{Africa-volleyball-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-volleyball-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-volleyball-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-volleyball-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-volleyball-bio-stub}}
Weightlifting biography stubs - {{Africa-weightlifting-bio-stub}}, {{Asia-weightlifting-bio-stub}}, {{Europe-weightlifting-bio-stub}}, {{NorthAm-weightlifting-bio-stub}}, {{Oceania-weightlifting-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAm-weightlifting-bio-stub}}

Rowing and volleyball dont have Oceania categories so I will not create those templates at this time.

Some of the sports already have some of the templates, I have left them in the list above for completeness. Waacstats (talk) 14:29, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support all except the golf bio ones, since there are already subcats. Please be careful, and good luck! - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 23:05, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry I din't make it clear on this proposal. All of these already have the continental subcats, my idea is that we remove the "parent only" nature of these subcats so we don't have to create a number of templates used by 1 or 2 articles each and then have by nation sports biography categories flooded by these templates. Waacstats (talk) 08:47, 30 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Merchant ship stubs

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Another category over 500 articles, I propose that we split out the passenger ships:

Passenger ship stubs {{Passengership-stub}} - petscan

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Balıkesir Province geography stubs

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Over 500, I dont have petscans for all these yet, as categories are not complete, but atleast 2 of them should get the category, as always templates first categories for any that reach 60.

Altıeylül District geography stubs {{Altıeylüldistrict-geo-stub}}
Ayvalık District geography stubs {{Ayvalıkdistrict-geo-stub}}
Balya District geography stubs {{Balyadistrict-geo-stub}}
Bandırma District geography stubs {{Bandırmadistrict-geo-stub}}
Bigadiç District geography stubs {{Bigadiçdistrict-geo-stub}}
Burhaniye District geography stubs {{Burhaniyedistrict-geo-stub}}
Dursunbey District geography stubs {{Dursunbeydistrict-geo-stub}}
Edremit District geography stubs {{Edremitdistrict-geo-stub}}
Erdek District geography stubs {{Erdekdistrict-geo-stub}}
Gönen District geography stubs {{Gönendistrict-geo-stub}}
Gömeç District geography stubs {{Gömeçdistrict-geo-stub}}
Havran District geography stubs {{Havrandistrict-geo-stub}}
İvrindi District geography stubs {{İvrindidistrict-geo-stub}}
Karesi District geography stubs {{Karesidistrict-geo-stub}}
Kepsut District geography stubs {{Kepsutdistrict-geo-stub}}
Manyas District geography stubs {{Manyasdistrict-geo-stub}}
Marmara District geography stubs {{Marmaradistrict-geo-stub}}
Savaştepe District geography stubs {{Savaştepedistrict-geo-stub}}
Sındırgı District geography stubs {{Sındırgıdistrict-geo-stub}}
Susurluk District geography stubs {{Susurlukdistrict-geo-stub}}

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Speedy

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This weeks finds for speedy creation:

Turkish archery biography stubs {{Turkey-archery-bio-stub}}
African golf biography stubs {{Africa-golf-bio-stub}}, {{SouthAfrica-golf-bio-stub}}, {{Zimbabwe-golf-bio-stub}}
Papua New Guinean rugby league biography stubs {{PapuaNewGuinea-rugbyleague-bio-stub}}
South American canoeist stubs {{Argentina-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Bolivia-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Brazil-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Chile-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Uruguay-canoe-bio-stub}}, {{Venezuela-canoe-bio-stub}}

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Cuban baseball outfielder stubs

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{{Cuba-baseball-outfielder-stub}} has 112 transclusions. Therefore, I suggest making Category:Cuban baseball outfielder stubs as a speedy subcategory of Category:Baseball outfielder stubs. This would help reduce the Baseball outfielder stubs backlog a lot. Thank you! --MrLinkinPark333 (talk) 02:14, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Madagascar geography stubs

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This was over 500 prior to a sort. The following category is now viable:

Boeny geography stubs {{Boeny-geo-stub}}.

We could also do with a new template and unredirecting another for newer regions that were created in the last few years.

{{Fitovinany-geo-stub}}
{{Ambatosoa-geo-stub}}

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Nigeria stubs

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Over 500, prior to a sort I believe the following will be viable based on the names of articles:

Nigerian Anglican diocese stubs {{Nigeria-Anglican-diocese-stub}}

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Kapurthala district geography stubs

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over 500 articles, we can split by tehsil each looks likely to be comfortably over 60 but not well categorized. I used List_of_villages_in_Kapurthala_district to assist in finding enough articles.

Bhulath geography stubs {{Bhulath-geo-stub}}
Kapurthala tehsil geography stubs {{KapurthalaTehsil-geo-stub}}
Sultanpur Lodhi geography stubs {{SultanpurLodhi-geo-stub}}
Phagwara geography stubs {{Phagwara-geo-stub}}

Given the lack of cateogrization this one is definitly templates first then categories for any that reach 60. Waacstats (talk) 23:11, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Campania geography stubs

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At over 500, this could do with a trim. Following over regions precedent I propose the following:

Metropolitan City of Naples geography stubs {{Naples-geo-stub}} - petscan
Province of Avellino geography stubs {{Avellino-geo-stub}} - petscan
Province of Benevento geography stubs {{Benevento-geo-stub}} - petscan
Province of Caserta geography stubs {{Caserta-geo-stub}} - petscan
Province of Salerno geography stubs {{Salerno-geo-stub}} - petscan

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Kaunas County geography stubs

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Somebody has been really busy on one small patch of Lithaunia as we have over 400 articles for one of the districts of this county. I therefore propose the following:

Kėdainiai District geography stubs {{Kėdainiai-geo-stub}} - petscan

then for completeness incase whoever created the above articles decides to do the rest of the county.

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Khorramabad County geography stubs

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Over 550, following the pattern previously set I propose splitting by district.

I think these might need handsorting so templates first and categories for thise templates that make it to 60. Waacstats (talk) 23:11, 18 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Speedies

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Here is this weeks finds:

Iranian Paralympic medalist stubs {{Iran-Paralympic-medalist-stub}}
Norwegian Paralympic medalist stubs {{Norway-Paralympic-medalist-stub}}
Nigerian language stubs {{Nigeria-lang-stub}}

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Paralympic medalist stubs

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We have subcategories for all continents (assuming Central America as part of North America) but still have 200+ articles here as they dont have by nation templates. I propose removeing the parent only status from the continent level categories and creating by continent level templates rather than creating 100+ templates that might only get used 2 or 3 times. Therefore I ampropose=ing the following templates.

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Mystery film stubs

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This one is starting to get big, I propose we split by decade for example:

1920s Mystery film stubs {{1920s-mystery-film-stub}}

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Italian painter stubs

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The 17th and 19th century subcats both have over 600 articles while the 16th and 18th have over 500 and 400 respectively. I propose splitting these by decade of birth templates and then categories for those decades that get to 60 for example:

Italian painter, 1660s birth stubs {{Italy-painter-1660s-stub}}

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American film producer stubs

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over 500 and therfore due a trim, I propsoe following the directors and splitting by decade of birth:

American film producer, 1960s birth stubs {{US-film-producer-1960s-stub}}

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Polish nobility stubs

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As with italy this is over 500 and due a trim, unfortunatly the articles dont seem to be sorted by title as well, un fact many articles don't mention the title they just say the person was a Polish noble. I therefore propose using the back up of by century of birth such as the following:

Polish nobility, 18th-century birth stubs {{Poland-noble-18C-stub}} - petscan

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Italian nobility sutbs

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Over 500 articles, for other countries we have split by title so I propose the following:

Duke of Italy stubs {{Italy-duke-stub}} - petscan

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Bihar geography stubs

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OVer 500 categories, could do with a trim. I propose splitting by dicision categories and upmerged templates as we already have some categories but no other make it past 60, I therefore propose the following

Bhagalpur division geography stubs {{Banka-geo-stub}} and {{Bhagalpur-geo-stub}}
Darbhanga division geography stubs {{Darbhanga-geo-stub}}, {{Saharsa-geo-stub}} and {{Samastipur-geo-stub}}
Kosi division geography stubs {{Madhepura-geo-stub}}, {{Madhubani-geo-stub}} and {{Supaul-geo-stub}}
Magadh division geography stubs {{Gaya-geo-stub}}, {{AurangabadBihar-geo-stub}}, {{Nawada-geo-stub}}, {{Jehanabad-geo-stub}} and {{Arwal-geo-stub}}
Munger division geography stubs {{Kaimur-geo-stub}}, {{Begusarai-geo-stub}}, {{Jamui-geo-stub}}, {{Khagaria-geo-stub}}, {{Lakhisarai-geo-stub}} and {{Sheikhpura-geo-stub}}
Patna division geography stubs {{Munger-geo-stub}}, {{Buxar-geo-stub}}, {{Nalanda-geo-stub}}, {{Patna-geo-stub}} and {{Rohtas-geo-stub}}
- Bhojpur district, India geography stubs (Existing)
Purnia division geography stubs {{Araria-geo-stub}}, {{Katihar-geo-stub}}, {{Kishanganj-geo-stub}} and {{Purnia-geo-stub}}
Saran division geography stubs {{GopalganjIN-geo-stub}}, {{Saran-geo-stub}} and {{Siwan-geo-stub}}
Tirhut division geography stubs {{Muzaffarpur-geo-stub}}, {{EastChamparan-geo-stub}}, {{Vaishali-geo-stub}}, {{Sitamarhi-geo-stub}} and {{Sheohar-geo-stub}}
- West Champaran division geography stubs

Some of these divisions may be below 60, so templates first, categories where we have 60. Waacstats (talk) 06:58, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Wales railway station stubs

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Comfortably over 500 I propose the following splits:

Rhondda Cynon Taf railway station stubs {{RhonddaCynonTaf-railstation-stub}} - petscan
Powys railway station stubs {{Powys-railstation-stub}} - petscan
Gwynedd railway station stubs {{Gwynedd-railstation-stub}} - petscan

and templates for the other counties following the names at Welsh building and structure stubs Waacstats (talk) 06:58, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Valencia Community geograpyh stubs

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Over 500 articles, there are three provinces in Valencia I propose we use these to split this category:

Province of Alicante geography stubs {{Alicante-geo-stub}} - petscan
Province of Castellón geography stubs {{Castellón-geo-stub}} - petscan
Province of Valencia geography stubs {{ValenciaProvince-geo-stub}} - petscan

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This weeks speedies

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templates are over 60, propose the categories

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Belgorod Oblast geography substubs

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Belgorod Oblast geography stubs is pretty big; I'd like to split it like this:

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 11:13, 8 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Faridkot district geography stubs

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For Punjab, India geography stubs:

Faridkot district geography stubs, {{Faridkot-geo-stub}}; 65

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 05:04, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think "district" should be lower case (per previous split); otherwise, support. Her Pegship (?) 20:44, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I just edited it :D - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 17:48, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Madhya Pradesh geography sub-stubs

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I propose the following splits for Madhya Pradesh geography stubs:

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 04:37, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Could these not be upmerged to by division categories per this article List_of_districts_of_Madhya_Pradesh. I think at least some of these will be viable. Waacstats (talk) 18:00, 6 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'll work on an alternate proposal later - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 11:01, 9 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bhopal division geography stubs, {{Bhopal-geo-stub}}; 74
{{Chambal-geo-stub}}; 19
{{Gwalior-geo-stub}}; 39
Indore division geography stubs, {{Indore-geo-stub}}; 79
Jabalpur division geography stubs, {{Jabalpur-geo-stubs}}; 87
{{Narmadapuram-geo-stub}}; 16
{{Rewa-geo-stub}}; 35
Sagar division geography stubs, {{Sagar-geo-stub}}; 80
{{Shahdol-geo-stub}}; 25
{{Ujjain-geo-stub}}; 48

- OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 15:33, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Gujarat geography stubs

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The category has gotton large at over 750 stubs, none of the existing templates have enough articles for a category to reduce this down, however when creating the recently proposed Indian Princely state stubs, I noticed alot of them were from Gujarat, I therefore propose that we split that category and move the Princely States that existed in what is now Gujarat into a new category that has both the geo category and the Indian princely state category as parents.

Princely state of Gujarat stubs {{Gujarat-PrincelyState-stub}} - petscan

Waacstats (talk) 20:11, 4 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support You should also make {{GirSomnath-geo-stub}}; petscan - OpalYosutebito 『talk』『articles I want to eat』 05:05, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Alpine skiing biography stubs

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Not necessary size wise but the following splits are viable based on existing by country templates, I propose the continent level templates to avoid having a number of countries with 1 or 2 articles only left out of the continent level category.

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Brazil Deputy stubs

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Category is over 600 and sould do with a trim, the permcat is split by province so I propose the following:

São Paulo (state) Deputy stubs {{SãoPaulo-Deputy-stub}} - petscan

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Ancient Greek people stubs

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This category is difficult to petscan but I think the following two categories should be viable. I propose these with as always templates first just in case there is a large error on the count.

Ancient Greek military personnel stubs {{AncientGreece-mil-bio-stub}} - petscan
Ancient Greek artist stubs {{AncientGreece-artist-stub}} - petscan

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Entomologist stubs

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Another that has crept over the 500 mark, we already have UK and US splits so I propose the following:

French entomologist stubs {{France-entomologist-stub}} - petscan
German entomologist stubs {{Germany-entomologist-stub}} - petscan

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Film award stubs

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Over 500 articles, I think the obovious move is to split out the awards by country, with the US being the first:

American film award stubs {{US-film-award-stub}} - petscan

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United States ghost town stubs

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Following a clearout of it's parent category, this is now over 500 articles, I propose we split out Washington state as this has over 60 articles.

Washington (state) ghost town stubs {{Washington-ghost-town-stub}} - petscan

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Spiral galaxy stubs

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Per the permcat these are generally split into three categories, all of which have categories on wikipedia and all of which have enough for a stubcat. I therefore propose the following:

Barred spiral galaxy stubs {{Barred-spiral-galaxy-stub}} - petscan
Intermediate spiral galaxy stubs {{Intermediate-spiral-galaxy-stub}} - petscan
Unbarred spiral galaxy stubs {{Unbarred-spiral-galaxy-stub}} - petscan

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Japanese company stubs

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Closing in on over 600 articles, I propose we split out the manufacturing companies.

Japanese manufacturing company stubs {{Japan-manufacturing-company-stub}} - petscan

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This weeks speedies

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This is what i have found:

Bangladeshi company stubs {{Bangladesh-company-stub}}
Miranda (state) geography stubs {{MirandaVE-geo-stub}}

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