Template:Split section

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Usage

{{Split section|Title to which to split |discuss={{subst:TALKPAGENAME}}#Split proposed |date=December 2025}}

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=December 2025}} (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[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

Template:Split section

Usage

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See also

Splitting

Merging

Section moving