For use on main page
- Content split
When two or more topics are being dealt with on the same page which share the same or similar title and a disambiguation page seems appropriate use {{Split}}:
- Place the template at the top of the page for which the split is proposed.
- By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally,
|discuss=
can be added to direct the discussion to another page. Example:{{split|discuss=Talk:Foobar#Split proposal}}
, produces:
- Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 2 and 20 new pages as parameters. Example:
{{split|New title 1|New title 2}}
, produces:
- Add the date parameter
|date=February 2025
to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from February 2025
- Size split
When an article is too long, and it is uncertain how the article should be split, use {{Very long}}:
- When there is a suggested new article name for some content use {{Split}} with
|New article name=
:
- When an article series is proposed, use {{Split}} with multiple titles:
When a disambiguation page needs splitting use {{Split dab}}:
For sections, use:
- {{Split section}}
- {{Splitsections}} - can specify multiple destination articles
- {{Move portions}} - for migrating portions of a section
- {{Move section portions}} - for a less disruptive tag:
For use on talk page
- {{Split article}} (supporting multiple splits from the same page) -
{{Split article|from=|from_oldid=|to=|diff=|date=}}
During and after splitting
- {{Being split}} -
{{Being split|Destination}}
- {{Cleanup split}} -
{{Cleanup split|Destination}}
Templates
Listed alphabetically:
Tag | Text that will be shown (and usage notes) |
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{{cleanup split}} |
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{{split}} |
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{{split}} |
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{{split dab}} |
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{{split section}} |
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{{split section}} |
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{{split sections}} |
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{{sub-sections}} |
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