Template:Rename section
 | This section's title may not reflect its contents or does not comply with standard formatting. (May 2026) |
If the title of a Wikipedia page section is not appropriately named to reflect its contents you may place this template at the top of the section. This template adds a banner stating the problem at the top of the section, and also adds its tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles with sections named inappropriately.
Usage
[edit source]{{Rename section|date=May 2026}}or{{Rename section|date=Month Year|reason=Your explanation here}}
Parameters
[edit source]- date: The date of adding the template may be used as the first parameter, in the form of Month Year.
- talk: The title of the talk page entry about the issue if you started one.
- reason: You may use the
|reason=parameter to provide a short explanation describing the issue directly within the template, instead of, or in addition to the talk parameter.
Template data
[edit source]If the title of a Wikipedia page section is not appropriately named to reflect its contents you may place this template at the top of the section. This template adds a banner stating the problem at the top of the section, and also adds its tagged articles to Category:Wikipedia articles with sections named inappropriately
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| talksection | talksection talk discuss | The name of a section on the talk page to discuss the issue. Do not include the hash (#) symbol
| String | suggested |
| reason | reason | A brief explanation for why the tag has been placed | String | optional |
| section | section | The number of the section in question. This can be found by clicking the edit button next to the section title. The section number is displayed after §ion= in the URL | Number | suggested |
| date | date | The date this tag was added. E.g., "January 2013" NOT "jan13"
| Date | required |
Redirects
[edit source]The following templates are redirects to this template and will display the same message:
See also
[edit source]- Help:Section
- Wikipedia:Article titles
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout § Names and orders for section headings
- Wikipedia:Tagging pages for problems
- Wikipedia:Twinkle
Templates that might be a better fit than this one
[edit source]- {{Subsections}}
- {{Requested move}} – for full articles that need renaming