Template:Split

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

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

Proposed split of an article into multiple separate Wikipedia articles.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Talk page discussion	discuss	Article talk page and section where split discussion is taking place Example Talk:Microsoft#Split proposed	String	optional
Section or list	section	Replaces the word "article" or "page" with "section" (y) or "list" (list) Example list	String	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
Month & year	date	The month and year that this request was placed Default {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} Example March 2017	Date	suggested

{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Splitting/List}}

See also

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

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Split/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.