Template:Duplication

Basic usage: {{Duplication|date=July 2026}}

All parameters are optional.

section — changes wording to say "This section duplicates...". Place the template at the top of the section.
Example: {{Duplication|section=yes}}
dupe — adds a link referring to the section or article being duplicated, and adds the article to Category:Duplicate articles instead of Category:Articles in need of internal merging.
Examples: {{Duplication|dupe=#Section name}} {{Duplication|dupe=Article name}}
dupe2 — same as dupe, just allows for an additional section/article to be linked.
Example: {{Duplication|dupe=Article name|dupe2=#Section name}}

TemplateData

TemplateData for Duplication

Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article or section duplicates the scope of other articles or sections.

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
Duplicate article or section	`dupe`	The article or section that this article or section duplicates. This also adds this article to Category:Duplicate articles. Example Microsoft Windows	Page name	suggested
Duplicate article or section 2	`dupe2`	A second article or section that this article or section duplicates Example #Windows 10	Page name	optional
Talk page discussion	`discuss`	Talk page and section where a relevant discussion is taking place Example Talk:Microsoft#Duplicate information	Page name	optional
Affected area	`1`	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section Auto value `section`	Line	optional
Section?	`section`	Enter any text here to replace the word "article" with "section". Example y Auto value `y`	Line	optional
Duplicates other sections?	`othersections`	If "Affected area" is set to "section", or "Section?" is true, you can enter "y", "yes", "true", "on" or "1" here to change "other articles" to "other sections". Example y Auto value `y`	Line	optional
Make template small	`small`	Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. Example left Auto value `left`	Line	optional