Wikipedia:Template index/Splitting

Further information: Wikipedia:Splitting

See also: Category:Split maintenance templates

See also: Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging

These templates are used for splitting articles by using ({{Split}}, {{Split section}}, etc.

For use on main page

Content split

When two or more topics are being dealt with on the same page which share the same or similar title and a disambiguation page seems appropriate use {{Split}}:

• Place the template at the top of the page for which the split is proposed.
• By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, |discuss= can be added to direct the discussion to another page. Example: {{split|discuss=Talk:Foobar#Split proposal}}, produces:

• Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 2 and 20 new pages as parameters. Example: {{split|New title 1|New title 2}}, produces:

• Add the date parameter |date=June 2026 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from June 2026

Size split

When an article is too long, and it is uncertain how the article should be split, use {{Very long}}:

• When there is a suggested new article name for some content use {{Split}} with |New article name=:

• When an article series is proposed, use {{Split}} with multiple titles:

When a disambiguation page needs splitting use {{Split dab}}:

For sections, use:

• {{Split section}}

• {{Splitsections}} - can specify multiple destination articles

• {{Move portions}} - for migrating portions of a section

• {{Move section portions}} - for a less disruptive tag:

For use on talk page

• {{Copied}} (for both source & destination) - {{Copied|from=|from_oldid=|to=|to_diff=|to_oldid=}}

• {{Split article}} (supporting multiple splits from the same page) - {{Split article|from=|from_oldid=|to=|diff=|date=}}

After splitting

• {{Cleanup split}} - {{Cleanup split|Destination}}

Templates

Listed alphabetically:

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. Add the date parameter |date=June 2026 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from June 2026
{{split}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 1 and 20 new pages as parameters. Add the date parameter |date=June 2026 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from June 2026
{{split dab}} links talk edit	This template is used for splitting disambiguation pages.
{{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. Add the date parameter |date=June 2026 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from June 2026
{{split section}} links talk edit	Optionally, you can include a suggested title for the new page as a parameter. Add the date parameter |date=June 2026 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from June 2026
{{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. Add the date parameter |date=June 2026 to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from June 2026
{{sub-sections}} links talk edit	Place this at the top of one or more sections for which a split into a new section on the same page. 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.