TechInfoDepot:Template messages/Splitting

These templates are used for splitting articles.

For use on main page
When two or more topics are being dealt with on the same page which share the same or similar title and a disambiguation page seems appropriate use Split:
 * Content split


 * Place the template at the top of the page for which the split is proposed.
 * By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, "|discuss=" can be added to direct the discussion to another page. Example: , produces:


 * Optionally, you can include suggested titles for between 2 and 20 new pages as parameters. Example:, produces:


 * Add the date parameter "|date=August 2024" to place articles in Category:Articles to be split from August 2024

When a disambiguation page needs splitting use Split dab:

When an article is too long, and it is uncertain how the article is to be split use Split-apart:
 * Size split


 * When there is a suggested new article name use Split-apart with "|New article name":

For sections, use:


 * Split section


 * Splitsections - can specify multiple destination articles


 * Move portions - for migrating portions of a section

For use on talk page

 * Copied (for both source & destination) -


 * Split to -


 * Split from -

After splitting

 * Cleanup split -