Template:Very long/sandbox
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See Wikipedia:Article size for more information on this topic.
Usage
[edit]Add {{Very long|date=December 2025}} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.
smallparameter{{Very long|small=left|date=December 2025}}generates the following smaller-sized template, a left-size box instead of a banner (which is usually only of use with|section=, below):
This section is too long. Consider splitting it into new pages, adding subheadings, or condensing it. (December 2025)- Section-specific use
- If just a particular section of an article is getting long, it can be tagged by adding the
|section=parameter, or using the{{Very long section}}template variant: {{Very long section}}and{{Very long|section|small=left|date=December 2025}}both render:This section may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.- Readable prose size (in words)
- The readable prose size in words, calculated with the help of tools like Prosesize or Shubinator's DYK tool, can be added manually to the template:
{{Very long|words=7,000}}generates the following template:This page may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. When this tag was added, its readable prose size was 7,000 words.
nosplitparameter- Adding
|nosplit=yes(or any other value for that parameter, such as y or true) will suppress mention of splitting the material to new sub-articles, since not all content is suitable for splitting (usually because it would fail WP:Notability as a stand-alone article).
- Reason parameter
- Adding
|reason=your reason herewill add a new second sentence to the banner reading:- The specific problem is: your reason here. (bolded, as shown)
- Final punctuation is provided, you do not need to include it.
- Categorization
- This template adds tagged articles to Category:Articles that may be too long, or one of its dated subcategories.
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}}
- {{Merge to}}
- {{Merge from}}
- {{Being merged}}
- {{Merge portions from}}
- {{Cleanup merge}}
- {{Copied}}
- {{Merged-to}}
- {{Merged-from}}
- {{Old merge full}}
- {{Duplication}}
Section moving
- {{Section move from}}
- {{Section move to}}
TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Very long
Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
| Don't suggest splitting | nosplit | Enter any text here to remove "splitting content into sub-articles" from the suggested fix, if the content would not be suitable for splitting (usually because it would fail WP:NOTABILITY as a standalone article).
| String | optional |
| Suggested fix | fix | Text to replace the suggested fix ("Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings.")
| String | optional |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
| Make template small | small | Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. This also condenses the text and replaces "article" with "section".
| String | optional |
| Word count | words | The present word count of the article
| Number | optional |
See also
[edit]- A list of related cleanup templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
- {{Lead too long}}
- {{Long plot}}
- {{Sections}}
- {{Sub-sections}}
- {{Summarize section}}
- {{Overly detailed}}
- {{Too many see alsos}}
- {{Very long section}}
- {{Archiveme}} – a template for long talk pages