Editing Encyclopedia:Stub (section)

===New stub categories===
The name of the stub category should also have been decided during the proposal process and will also follow the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting/Naming guidelines|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 {{tl|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 {{tl|Stub category}} as follows:
<code><nowiki>{{Stub category|article=[[A]]|newstub=B|category=C}}</nowiki></code>
:<code>A</code>: Insert the description of the category here.
:<code>B</code>: Insert the name of the new stub template here.
:<code>C</code>: Insert the name of an appropriate parent non-stub category.

In the example given above, the formatting would look like this:
<code><nowiki>{{Stub category|article=[[France]]|newstub=France-stub|category=France}}</nowiki></code>
which would produce this:
{{cmbox
| type = notice
| image = [[File:Puzzle stub cropped.png|40px]]
| text = This category is for stub articles relating to [[France]]. You can help by expanding them.

{{#if:France-stub|<br />To add an article to this category, use {{tl2|France-stub}} instead of {{tl2|stub}}.|}}
}}

This syntax also automatically adds the new category to [[:Category:Stub categories]], though parent stub categories and {{tl|WPSS-cat}} still need to be added manually. It also automatically [[Wikipedia:Glossary#Piped link|pipes]] the stub category with "Σ", so that appears at the end of the list of subcategories in non-stub category C. This effectively moves it away from navigation categories to place it alongside other editing- and cleanup-related categories.

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