Template:Split

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This template uses Lua:

Module:Unsubst (sandbox)

This template will add tagged articles to Category:Articles to be split.

Usage

When two or more distinct topics which share the same or similar title are being written about on the same page, a content split may be considered. Consideration must be given both to notability and to potential neutrality issues before proposing a split. If one or more of the topics is not notable it may be more appropriate to simply remove the material from Wikipedia than to create a new article.

Parameters

If no parameters are used in the template (i.e., {{Split}}), it will display as above.

date: To add the month and year the template was added to the article, add |date=April 2024. This will be added automatically at some point by a bot if you omit it.

unnamed parameters for article titles

To suggest an article name (or more than one), simply pipe them into the template (or number them |1=, |2=, etc.). For example, {{split|Article 1|date=April 2024}} produces:

Multiple: {{Split|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3|date=April 2024}} produces:

Up to 20 new names can be suggested.

discuss

To specify where the discussion about this split is taking place, use |discuss=, as in {{split|Article 1|date=April 2024|discuss=Talk:Article name#Talk page section}}, which produces:

section

To replace the word "article" (or "page", outside of mainspace), use |section=y to display "section", or use something more specific, as in {{split|Article 1|date=April 2024|section=list}}, which produces:

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Split in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Split

Use this template to suggest that an article be split into multiple articles.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	`date`	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	Line	suggested
First new page title	`1`	no description	String	required
Second new page title	`2`	no description	String	suggested
Third new page title	`3`	no description	String	optional
Fourth new page title	`4`	no description	String	optional
Fifth new page title	`5`	no description	String	optional
Sixth new page title	`6`	no description	String	optional
Seventh new page title	`7`	no description	String	optional
Eighth new page title	`8`	no description	String	optional
Ninth new page title	`9`	no description	String	optional
Tenth new page title	`10`	no description	String	optional
Eleventh new page title	`11`	no description	String	optional
Twelfth new page title	`12`	no description	String	optional
Thirteenth new page title	`13`	no description	String	optional
Fourteenth new page title	`14`	no description	String	optional
Fifteenth new page title	`15`	no description	String	optional
Sixteenth new page title	`16`	no description	String	optional
Seventeenth new page title	`17`	no description	String	optional
Eighteenth new page title	`18`	no description	String	optional
Nineteenth new page title	`19`	no description	String	optional
Twentieth new page title	`20`	no description	String	optional
Talk page discussion	`discuss` `talk`	Talk page and section where the split discussion is taking place Example Talk:Microsoft#Split proposed	Page name	suggested
Reason	`reason`	Reason for suggesting the split Example some of the content is out of scope	String	optional
Suggest only portions be split	`part`	Enter "y", "yes", "true", "on" or "1" here to suggest that only some portions of the article be split into multiple pages. Example y Auto value `y`	Line	optional
Affected area	`section`	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section". Entering "y", "yes", "true", "on" or "1" will also insert the word "section". Example section Auto value `section`	Line	optional
Make template small	`small`	Enter any text here to make the template box smaller. Entering "left" also makes the font smaller and the box aligned to the left. Example left Auto value `left`	Line	optional
demospace	`demospace`	no description	Unknown	optional

Template:Split

Usage

TemplateData

Splitting

See also