Template:Split section/doc

Usage

{{Split section|Title to which to split |discuss={{subst: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 for splitting (it can be named explicitly or you can use the {{subst:TALKPAGENAME}} "magic word"; |discuss=Talk:{{subst: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={{subst:TALKPAGENAME}}#Split proposed |date=July 2026}} (supports up to 20 titles).

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

Template data

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

Template parameters

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

Further information: Wikipedia:Splitting, Wikipedia:Merging, and Wikipedia:Section move

Splitting

• {{Split}}
• {{Being split}}
• {{Split section}}
• {{Split sections}}
• {{Split portions}}
• {{Split section portions}}
• {{Cleanup split}}
• {{Copied}}
• {{Split dab}}
• {{Split and dab}}
• {{Split article}}
• {{Very long}}

Merging

• {{Merge}} - DEPRECATED
• {{Merge to}} - DEPRECATED
• {{Merge from}} - new discussions use "afd" parameter
• {{AfDM}} - replaces "Merge to" for new discussions
• {{Afd-merge to}} - merges with consensus that have not been implemented yet, in the new system
• {{Being merged}}
• {{Merge portions from}}
• {{Cleanup merge}}
• {{Copied}}
• {{Merged-to}}
• {{Merged-from}}
• {{Old merge}}
• {{Duplication}}

Section moving

• {{Section move from}}
• {{Section move to}}