Template:Split section

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Usage

{{Split section|Title to which to split |discuss={{TALKPAGENAME}}#Split proposed |date=July 2026}}

The first parameter represents the title for the proposed new page, and |discuss= provides a link to the discussion thread on the talk page of the article proposed to be split (it can be named explicitly or you can use the {{TALKPAGENAME}} "magic word"; |discuss=Talk:{{PAGENAME}}#Split proposed would also work). The example above produces:

Of course, the page "Title" already exists, but your actual page title will most likely be either a red link or a redirect.

If more than one target article needs to be named, use the more robust template {{Split portions}}:

• {{Split portions|portion=this section |First title to which to split |Second title to which to split |discuss={{TALKPAGENAME}}#Split proposed |date=July 2026}} (supports up to 20 titles).

Categorization

This template will add tagged articles to Category:Articles to be split.

Template data

Proposed split of a section into one or more separate Wikipedia articles.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
New article's title	1	First title to which to split	String	required
2nd new article's title	2	Second title to which to split (if applicable)	String	optional
Talk page discussion	discuss	Article talk page and section where split discussion is taking place Example Talk:Microsoft#Split proposed	String	optional
Month and year	date	The month and year that this expansion request was placed Example March 2017 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	suggested

See also

Splitting

Article Splitting templates
Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup split}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of the section that has grown too large and has been split.
{{split}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of a page for which a split into two or more new pages is proposed, and where they are distinct enough that a disambiguation page is not appropriate. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
{{split}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 1 and 20 new pages as parameters.
{{split section}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of one or more sections for which a split into a new page is proposed. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
{{split section}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include a suggested title for the new page as a parameter.
{{split sections}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of a page for which a split of multiple sections into a new page is proposed. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page. If possible, instead use {{split section}} or {{split section|new title}} in each of the sections that should be split into the new page.
{{Being split}} links talk edit	Placed on pages where consensus has been made to split it, and it is in process to do so.

Merging

Article Merging templates
Tag	Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{merge}} category links talk edit	Place this at the top of both pages or sections that are to be merged. Use the other page's name as the parameter. A link will be generated automatically. Separate additional pages with a vertical pipe; up to 20 pages can be listed. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, discuss can be specified to direct the discussion to another page, see example of discuss usage. If it is known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tags {{merge from}} or {{merge to}} instead.
{{merge from}} links talk edit	If the proposed source is an entire page, place this at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material. Place the tag {{merge to|Destination page}} at the top of the source page or section. If a merger of multiple pages into a single page is being proposed, use {{merge from|Source 1|Source 2|Source 3}}. By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, the discuss parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page, see example of discuss usage. If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{merge to}} links talk edit	Place the tag {{merge to|Destination page}} at the top of the page or section that is to have its content transferred to another page. If the proposed source is an entire page, place the tag {{merge from|Source page}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material. If the proposed source is one specific section of page, place the tag {{merge from|Source page#Source section}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
{{merging}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of a source page for which a merger has begun (but has not yet been completed).
{{Merge portions from}} links talk edit	}} Use to suggest that portions of another article be split from it and merged into this page
{{Cleanup merge}} links talk edit	Place at the top of an page or in a section (|21=section) to show that material has been merged.

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