Template:Split

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

Usage

When two or more distinct topics which share the same or similar title are being written about on the same page, a content split may be considered. Consideration must be given both to notability and to potential neutrality issues before proposing a split. If one or more of the topics is not notable it may be more appropriate to simply remove the material from Wikipedia than to create a new article.

Parameters

If no parameters are used in the template (i.e., {{Split}}), it will display as above.

date

To add the month and year the template was added to the article, add |date=December 2024.

unnamed parameters for article titles

To suggest an article name (or more than one), simply pipe them into the template (or number them |1=, |2=, etc.). For example, {{split|Iowa Highway 1|date=December 2024}} produces:

Multiple: {{Split|Iowa Highway 1|Iowa Highway 2|Iowa Highway 3|date=December 2024}} produces:

Up to 20 new names can be suggested.

discuss

To specify where the discussion about this split is taking place, use |discuss=, as in {{split|Iowa Highway 1|date=December 2024|discuss=Talk:Iowa Highway 4#Talk page section}}, which produces:

section

To replace the word "article" (or "page", outside of mainspace), use |section=y to display "section", or use something more specific, as in {{split|Iowa Highway 1|date=December 2024|section=list}}, which produces:

See also

• {{cleanup split}}
• {{merge}}
• {{split and dab}}
• {{split article}}, talk page notice

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