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Contents 1 Cat:stubs 2 Categories created, to be populated 2.1 Newly created 2.2 In need of re-sorting 3 Templates and categories approved, yet to be created 3.1 Politics 3.2 Sports 3.3 Television & radio 3.4 Music 3.5 Literature 3.6 Science 3.7 Geography 3.8 People 3.9 Business 3.10 Religion 3.11 And the rest 4 Oversized stub categories to be split 5 Excess articles in oversized categories

[edit] Cat:stubs

Currently ~400 articles (2 listings pages).

[edit] Categories created, to be populated

[edit] Newly created

See Cat:Underpopulated stub categories ({{popstub}})

[edit] In need of re-sorting

• United States writer stubs - {{US-writer-stub}} (5 pages): Several new subtypes.
• Indian people stubs - {{India-bio-stub}} (only 4 pages, but several new and undersized subtypes that may need to be taken to SFD if they aren't grown shortly.
• American people stubs. As usual, but was <800 at time of last major update. Now around 1100.
• {{US-business-bio-stub}} -- numerous new by-DoB subtypes

[edit] Templates and categories approved, yet to be created

Please consult the naming guidelines before creating a stub template or category.
See also the Archive

[edit] Oversized stub categories to be split

with six or more listings pages Category Pages Software stubs 12 Economics and finance stubs 11 Computer stubs 7 Pharmacology stubs 9 Biochemistry stubs 8 Law stubs 8 Medicine stubs 8 Plant disease stubs 7 Song stubs 7 Technology stubs 7 United States company stubs 7 2000s album stubs 6 2000s rock album stubs 6 American academic biography stubs 6 American actor stubs 6 American journalist stubs 6 American musician stubs 6 American people stubs 6 Anime and manga stubs 6 Australian people stubs 6 British people stubs 6 Disease stubs 6 Education stubs 6 Military stubs 6 Physics stubs 6 Politics stubs 6 Psychology stubs 6 Telecommunications stubs 6 United States non-fiction writer stubs 6 United States singer stubs 6

with five listings pages Category Pages 1990s rock album stubs 5 2000s drama film stubs 5 Academic biography stubs 5 Album stubs 5 American film actor stubs 5 Anatomy stubs 5 Astronomy stubs 5 Business biography stubs 5 Canadian people stubs 5 Chemistry stubs 5 Chinese people stubs 5 Computer hardware stubs 5 Conservative MP (UK) stubs 5 English people stubs 5 Geology stubs 5 Indiana geography stubs 5 Indigenous peoples of North America stubs 5 National Register of Historic Places stubs 5 United Kingdom writer stubs 5 United States business biography stubs 5 United States writer stubs 5

[edit] Excess articles in oversized categories

Total number of excess (> 800) articles in:

• 96 oversized categories (as of 3/3/06 db dump): 38,668;
• 99 oversized categories (as of 16/3/06 db dump): 37,776.
• 104 oversized categories (as of 23/3/06 db dump): 37,587.
• 115 oversized categories (as of 20/4/06) db dump): 39,425.
• 111 oversized categories (as of 2/5/06) db dump): 38,944.
• 109 oversized categories (as of 19/5/06) db dump): 37,504.
• 117 oversized categories (as of 07/6/06) db dump): 38,586.
• 127 oversized categories (as of 02/7/06) db dump): 40,672.
• 130 oversized categories (as of 17/7/06) db dump): 42,327. (40 cats and 15,452 stubs > 1200; 13 cats, 5,990 stubs > 1600)
• 113 oversized categories (as of 10/8/06) db dump): 36,670. (35 cats and 13,613 stubs > 1200; 13 cats, 5,440 stubs > 1600)
• 92 oversized categories (as of 5/9/06) db dump): 26,909. (25 cats and 9,654 stubs > 1200; 9 cats, 3,899 stubs > 1600)
• 84 oversized categories (as of 20/9/06) db dump): 27,211. (23 cats and 10,161 stubs > 1200; 9 cats, 4,050 stubs > 1600)
• 87 oversized categories (as of 14/10/06) db dump): 25,089. (20 cats and 9,269 stubs > 1200; 7 cats, 3,687 stubs > 1600)
• 69 oversized categories (as of 31/10/06) db dump): 23,226. (21 cats and 8,310 stubs > 1200; 7 cats, 3,318 stubs > 1600)
• 62 oversized categories (as of 30/11/06) db dump): 22,628. (21 cats and 7,958 stubs > 1200; 7 cats, 3,441 stubs > 1600)
• 57 oversized categories (as of 24/01/07) db dump): 19,486. (21 cats and 6,024 stubs > 1200; 6 cats, 1,971 stubs > 1600)
• 57 oversized categories (as of 06/02/07) db dump): 18,233. (15 cats and 6,000 stubs > 1200; 6 cats, 2,037 stubs > 1600)
• 70 oversized categories (as of 01/04/07) db dump): 20,568. (19 cats and 7,003 stubs > 1200; 8 cats, 2,363 stubs > 1600)
• 59 oversized categories (as of 27/05/07) db dump): 18,733. (16 cats and 5,513 stubs > 1200; 4 cats, 1,517 stubs > 1600)
• 52 oversized categories (as of 16/07/07) db dump): 16,086. (14 cats and 5,131 stubs > 1200; 6 cats, 1,701 stubs > 1600)
• 56 oversized categories (as of 02/08/07) db dump): 24,112. (14 cats and 11,787 stubs > 1200; 7 cats, 7,641 stubs > 1600)
• 60 oversized categories (as of 08/09/07) db dump): 16,071. (11 cats and 4,982 stubs > 1200; 5 cats, 1,670 stubs > 1600)
• 52 oversized categories (as of 19/10/07) db dump): 15,215. (11 cats and 4,503 stubs > 1200; 4 cats, 1,538 stubs > 1600)