Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub Sorting - Project Templates

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:
This 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:
This 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:
This 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 which may eventually have a separate subcategory. To add an article to this category, please use the appropriate template for one of its subcategories.

  • Template {{Underpopulated stub category}} is used on pages for new stub categories which need to be populated. It appears like this:
It has been requested that this stub category be populated. Please add any stub articles that fall within this category to it.
Please remove this tag once the category has been populated. This tool can help find stubs that belong in this category.
  • Template {{Upmerged stub category}} is used on category pages where there are upmerged templates feeding into that category. It appears like this:
This stub category contains upmerged templates without categories. Articles tagged with such a template will fall into this parent category until the template is used on more than 60 articles. Please do not create a sub-category for an upmerged template without proposing it first at WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals. Thank you!
  • Template {{Very large stub}} is used at the top of stub categories which are oversized. It appears like this:
This stub category is very large. Subcategories may be helpful for browsing.


  • Template {{WPSS-new}} is used on some of the project's discussion pages, and on other pages related to stubs. It appears like this:
To avoid unnecessary redirects and reverts, please discuss any new stub type you wish to create at Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Proposals prior to its creation and placement in articles or tables.
  • Template {{WikiProject Stub sorting}} is used on the talk pages of some more editwar-prone stub templates. It appears like this:
WikiProject Stub sorting Stub sortingWikipedia:WikiProject Stub sortingTemplate:WikiProject Stub sortingStub sorting articles
This page is maintained by WikiProject Stub sorting, an attempt to bring some sort of order to Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, you can choose to improve/expand the articles containing this stub notice, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks.
  • Template {{WPSS-talk}} is used on the talk pages of some stub categories and templates. It appears like this:
Most of the discussion relating to this and other stub categories occurs at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Stub sorting. You may wish to consider leaving a note there rather than here.

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