Template:Split

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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=November 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=November 2024}} produces:

Multiple: {{Split|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3|date=November 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=November 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=November 2024|section=list}}, which produces:

Template data

<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "First new page title", "type": "string", "required": true }, "2": { "label": "Second new page title", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "3": { "label": "Third new page title", "type": "string" }, "4": { "label": "Fourth new page title", "type": "string" }, "5": { "label": "Fifth new page title", "type": "string" }, "6": { "label": "Sixth new page title", "type": "string" }, "7": { "label": "Seventh new page title", "type": "string" }, "8": { "label": "Eighth new page title", "type": "string" }, "9": { "label": "Ninth new page title", "type": "string" }, "10": { "label": "Tenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "11": { "label": "Eleventh new page title", "type": "string" }, "12": { "label": "Twelfth new page title", "type": "string" }, "13": { "label": "Thirteenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "14": { "label": "Fourteenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "15": { "label": "Fifteenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "16": { "label": "Sixteenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "17": { "label": "Seventeenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "18": { "label": "Eighteenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "19": { "label": "Nineteenth new page title", "type": "string" }, "20": { "label": "Twentieth new page title", "type": "string" }, "section": { "label": "Section or list", "description": "Replaces the word \"article\" or \"page\" with \"section\" (y) or \"list\" (list)", "example": "list", "type": "string", "suggested": true }, "discuss": { "label": "Talk page discussion", "description": "Article talk page and section where split discussion is taking place", "example": "Talk:Microsoft#Split proposed", "type": "string" }, "date": { "label": "Month & year", "description": "The month and year that this request was placed", "example": "March 2017", "type": "date", "default": "November 2024", "suggested": true }, "small": { "label": "Small", "description": "Makes the notice smaller and left-aligned", "example": "left" } }, "description": "Proposed split of an article into multiple separate Wikipedia articles.", "paramOrder": [ "discuss", "section", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14", "15", "16", "17", "18", "19", "20", "date", "small" ], "format": "inline" } </templatedata>

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See also

• {{cleanup split}}
• {{split article}}
• {{split and dab}}

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