Template:Split dab/doc

{{Wikipedia:Article alerts/Bot use warning}} This template is used to recommend that a disambiguation page ("dab") be split into two or more such pages. {{Split dab}} is a customized call to {{Split}}, and uses the same syntax (as of October 2015).

Usage

Apply to the top of the disambiguation page in question.

• Minimum syntax: {{Split dab}}
• Preferred syntax: {{Split dab|Page 1|Page 2}} (include the present dab page as the first parameter if it would still exist after the split).

Use of the template places the article into Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split, which is a child of Category:Disambiguation pages in need of cleanup. The meta-template this template calls also categorizes in Category:Articles to be split and its dated subcategory. {{Wikipedia:Template messages/Splitting/List|noheading=yes}}

Notes

This template originates from discussions between Wikipedia:WikiProject Disambiguation and Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthroponymy regarding whether and when to split one-name content (lists of people sharing surname or given name) from disambiguation pages or not. See for instance Category talk:Disambiguation pages in need of being split.

See also

• {{disambiguation cleanup}}

Article splitting templates
{{split}}
Use on original article
{{Split portions}}
Same as above but different wording
{{Section move from}}
Split content to an existing article (WP:SECMOVE)
{{split dab}}
Use on original article if disambiguation
{{split section}}
Use on original article when section is known
{{Copied}}
Record split on talk pages of the source and target
{{splitnote}}
Notify users though their talk page about proposed split