Template:Split

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For the function to split a string, see Template:string split.

This template will add tagged articles to Category:Articles proposed for splitting.

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=July 2026. 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=July 2026}} produces:

Multiple: {{Split|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3|date=July 2026}} 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=July 2026|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=July 2026|section=list}}, which produces:

See also

{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Splitting/List|noheading=yes}}{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging/List|noheading=yes}}

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	suggested
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

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