BattleIntelligence:WikiProject Stub sorting

Project goals

This WikiProject aims primarily to sort stubs in BattleIntelligence. To do this the project has the following aims:

1. Ensure better categorization of stubs
2. Ensure that stubs are sorted as uniformly as possible
3. Aim to keep categories at moderate sizes
4. Maintain stub categories and templates
5. Ensure that any new stub categories and templates are reasonable, usable, and useful

Guidelines and criteria

• To see the current guidelines and other information on stub sorting and stubs in general, see: BattleIntelligence:Stub.
• To propose new stub categories/templates, see /Proposals.

Important page links

• BattleIntelligence:Stub (BTW:STUB) - official definition and instruction on stubs.
• BattleIntelligence:WikiProject Stub sorting/Stub types (WP:WSS/ST) - lists all stub categories.
• BattleIntelligence:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals (WP:WSS/P) - for proposals on new stub types and other stub-related discussion.
• Special:Shortpages
• Category:Stub categories - the main list of stub categories and of articles contained within them
• Category:Stubs (CAT:STUB) - Articles tagged with generic {{stub}}. Frequently overpopulated and needs constant maintenance.

See also: Category:WikiProject Stub sorting and all subpages of this page

Stub sorting methods

General rules

• To put an article into a stub category, change the existing stub tag (if it exists) from {{stub}} to, for example, {{military-stub}} if it is a military force stub. If it has no stub template but is clearly a stub, then add an appropriate stub template at the bottom of the article (below any categories).
• Never subst stub templates.
• The guideline BattleIntelligence:Manual of Style/Layout § Standard appendices and footers states that any stub tags should be placed at the very bottom of the article, after all other templates and categories. Two blank lines should be left between the first stub tag and whatever precedes it.
• When sorted, you may leave an edit summary like this to encourage others to help: Stub-sorting. [[BattleIntelligence:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]]
• You may wish to inform the creator of the stub that the use of {{stub}} is no longer recommended by putting {{subst:stubsort}} on their talk page. Alternatively, you may use {{subst:Stub sort}}.
• No stub article should sit in only a stub category as this association is meant to be temporary. If no other category is listed, please add the standard article category that is the parent of the stub category.
• Please remember to use the list of stub categories to make sure you are putting stubs in the correct category.
• If the article is no longer a stub, remove the stub template. Refer to BattleIntelligence:Stub for more information on this matter.
• If it interests you, consider checking talk pages of stub articles to see whether they've been tagged by some appropriate WikiProject. Adding a suitable project banner to a stub's talk page can help bring it to the attention of the right editors more quickly.

Project templates

These are the project's templates. They are not the same as the stub templates used by the project.

• Template {{WPSS-cat}} is used at the top of stub categories. It appears like this:

File:Wiki letter w.svgThis category is maintained by WikiProject Stub sorting.
Please propose new stub templates and categories here before creation.

• Template {{Stub category}} is also used at the top of stub categories. It appears like this:

File:Puzzle.svgThis category is for stub articles relating to foo. You can help by expanding them.
To add an article to this category, use {{Foo-stub}} instead of {{stub}}.

• Template {{Parent-only stub category}} is similar to {{Stub category}}, and is for parent-only categories It appears like this:

File:Wiki letter s.svgThis category is for stub articles relating to foo. You can help by expanding them.
This stub category is a parent-only category, that is, all stubs within it should be in one of its subcategories, or marked with a template that may eventually have a separate subcategory. To add an article to this category, please use the appropriate template for one of its subcategories.

• Template {{Upmerged stub category}} is used on category pages where there are upmerged templates feeding into that category. It appears like this:

• Template {{Very large stub}} is used at the top of stub categories which are oversized. It appears like this:

• Template {{WPSS-new}} is used on some of the project's discussion pages, and on other pages related to stubs. It appears like this:

• Template {{WikiProject Stub sorting}} is used on the talk pages of some more editwar-prone stub templates. It appears like this:

• Template {{WPSS-talk}} is used on the talk pages of some stub categories and templates. It appears like this: