Usage change

{{Split section|Title to which to split |discuss={{TALKPAGENAME}}#Split proposed |date=March 2024}}

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=March 2024}} (supports up to 20 titles).

This template will add tagged articles to Category:All articles to be split, the proper dated subcategory of Category:Article sections to be split, and the proper dated subcategory of Category:Articles to be split.

Template data change

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

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
New article's title1

First title to which to split

Stringrequired
2nd new article's title2

Second title to which to split (if applicable)

Stringoptional
Talk page discussiondiscuss

Article talk page and section where split discussion is taking place

Example
Talk:Microsoft#Split proposed
Stringoptional
Month and yeardate

The month and year that this expansion request was placed

Default
{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}
Example
March 2017
Datesuggested


Splitting change

Merging change