Stupid wikipediaism du jour

So, there is quite a bit of discussion on Wikipedia about categories and "stub" articles. Some stub categories have too many items in them to be useful, so they need to be broken down into smaller sub-units. So, here's a discussion on creating a "settler" stub to refer to early pioneers to a country, rather than solely using the "country-bio" category:

{{settler-stub}}

While sorting through the US bio stubs I've come across certain groups that I haven't been able to assign satisfactory stubs to. Unlike the previous two stubs I've proposed, I haven't been able to these people to a particular stub type. These stub articles typically begin "John Doe helped found the town of Arwedairyet, Fivenessee." or "Jane Roe came over on the Mustfruit." (user) 20:58, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

• I've no objection to {{US-settler-stub}}, but a plain {{settler-stub}} would cut through several categories (NZ, Australia and South Africa's bio-stubs, to name just three).  23:31, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
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• I think {{US-settler-stub}} would be more useful. Who would want articles on settlers from all around the world? (user) 10:18, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

 

You know, that last comment literally made me see red. *foam, foam, foam* Tosser. I'm afraid my willful ignorance tolerance threshold is running low at the moment. I did put my two cents in, reasonably politely, I hope. Well, actually, I don't care if it isn't (terribly) polite. Perfect, I am not.