Wikipedia:Splitting

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See also: Wikipedia:Article size

If an article becomes too large or a section of an article has a length that is out of proportion to the rest of the article it is recommended that a split is carried out.

[edit] Article size

There are no hard and fast rules for when an article should be split. A guideline for article size is:

[edit] Procedure

If an article meets the criteria for splitting editors can be bold and carry out the split, although discussion on the article talk page or associated WikiProject is a way of seeking a consensus. Alternatively, adding one of the templates below will list it at Category:Articles to be split. This will bring it to the attention of editors who check this category. If a comment is added on the appropriate WikiProject talk page editors who can carry out the split would be advised.

To conform with §4(I) of the GFDL, the new page should be created with an edit summary noting "split content from [[article name]]". (Do not omit this step or omit the page name.) A note should also be made in the edit summary of the source article, "split content to [[article name]]", to protect against the article subsequently being deleted and the history of the new page eradicated.

If a section is split from the original article, a summary section should be left in the original ("main") article. At the top, it should contain a link to the newly created page, easily achieved with {{main|Newly created page name here}} template.

[edit] Templates

For more details on this topic, see Wikipedia:Template messages/Splitting.

• {{Split}} - used to convert the original page into a disambiguation page and all material added to the new pages

It has been suggested that this page be split into multiple pages accessible from a disambiguation page. (Discuss)

• {{split2}}

It has been suggested that some content from this article be split into a separate article entitled [[{{{1}}}]]. (Discuss)

• {{Split-apart}}

It has been suggested that this page be split into multiple pages. (Discuss)

• {{Splitsection}}

It has been suggested that this section be split into a new page. (Discuss)

• {{Splitsections}}

It has been suggested that some sections of this page be split into a new page entitled [[{{{1}}}]]. (Discuss)

• {{splitdab}} - for splitting disambiguation pages

It has been suggested that this disambiguation page be split into multiple pages. (Discuss)

• {{moveportions}} - for migrating portions of a section

It has been suggested that portions of this section be moved into [[{{{1}}}]]. (Discuss)

Adding the date parameter |date=November 2008 is recommended so that articles can be sorted for maintenance purposes.

[edit] Articles needing splitting

A list of articles that require splitting are at Category:Articles to be split.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia:Merging