Editing Template:Split/doc

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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 [[WP:CONSPLIT|content split]] may be considered. Consideration must be given both to notability and to potential [[WP:POVFORK|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., {{tlx|Split}}), it will display as above.

;date
:To add the month and year the template was added to the article, add {{para|date|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. This will be added automatically at some point by a [[WP:BOT|bot]] if you omit it.

;unnamed parameters for article titles
:To suggest an article name (or more than one), simply pipe them into the template (or number them {{para|1}}, {{para|2}}, etc.). For example, {{tlx|split|'''{{var|Article 1}}'''|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} produces: {{Split|Article 1|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
:Multiple: {{tlx|Split|'''{{var|Article 1}}'''|'''{{var|Article 2}}'''|'''{{var|Article 3}}'''|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} produces: {{Split|Article 1|Article 2|Article 3|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
:Up to 20 new names can be suggested.

;discuss
:To specify where the discussion about this split is taking place, use {{para|discuss}}, as in {{tlx|split|{{var|Article 1}}|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|'''discuss{{=}}Talk:{{var|Article name}}#{{var|Talk page section}}'''}}, which produces: {{Split|Article 1|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|discuss=Talk:Article name#Talk page section}}

;section
:To replace the word "article" (or "page", outside of mainspace), use {{para|section|y}} to display "section", or use something more specific, as in {{tlx|split|{{var|Article 1}}|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|'''section{{=}}list'''}}, which produces: {{Split|Article 1|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}|section=list}}

=== TemplateData ===
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<templatedata>
{
	"description": "Use this template to suggest that an article be split into multiple articles.",
	"format": "inline",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "First new page title",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Second new page title",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"3": {
			"label": "Third new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"4": {
			"label": "Fourth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"5": {
			"label": "Fifth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"6": {
			"label": "Sixth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"7": {
			"label": "Seventh new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"8": {
			"label": "Eighth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"9": {
			"label": "Ninth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"10": {
			"label": "Tenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"11": {
			"label": "Eleventh new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"12": {
			"label": "Twelfth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"13": {
			"label": "Thirteenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"14": {
			"label": "Fourteenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"15": {
			"label": "Fifteenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"16": {
			"label": "Sixteenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"17": {
			"label": "Seventeenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"18": {
			"label": "Eighteenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"19": {
			"label": "Nineteenth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"20": {
			"label": "Twentieth new page title",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\" inserts the current month and year automatically.",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"example": "January 2013",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"discuss": {
			"label": "Talk page discussion",
			"description": "Talk page and section where the split discussion is taking place",
			"example": "Talk:Microsoft#Split proposed",
			"type": "wiki-page-name",
			"suggested": true,
			"aliases": [
				"talk"
			]
		},
		"reason": {
			"label": "Reason",
			"description": "Reason for suggesting the split",
			"example": "some of the content is out of scope",
			"type": "string"
		},
		"part": {
			"label": "Suggest only portions be split",
			"description": "Enter \"y\", \"yes\", \"true\", \"on\" or \"1\" here to suggest that only some portions of the article be split into multiple pages.",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "y",
			"example": "y"
		},
		"section": {
			"label": "Affected area",
			"description": "Text to replace the word \"article\", usually \"section\". Entering \"y\", \"yes\", \"true\", \"on\" or \"1\" will also insert the word \"section\".",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "section",
			"example": "section"
		},
		"small": {
			"label": "Make template small",
			"description": "Enter any text here to make the template box smaller. Entering \"left\" also makes the font smaller and the box aligned to the left.",
			"type": "line",
			"autovalue": "left",
			"example": "left"
		},
		"demospace": {}
	},
	"paramOrder": [
		"date",
		"1",
		"2",
		"3",
		"4",
		"5",
		"6",
		"7",
		"8",
		"9",
		"10",
		"11",
		"12",
		"13",
		"14",
		"15",
		"16",
		"17",
		"18",
		"19",
		"20",
		"discuss",
		"reason",
		"part",
		"section",
		"small",
		"demospace"
	]
}
</templatedata>
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=== See also ===
* {{tl|cleanup split}}
* {{tl|merge}}
* {{tl|split and dab}}
* {{tl|split article}}, talk page notice

{{Splitting templates}}

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