Template:Split article

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Example usage:

When copying material from one Wikipedia article to another, you can put this template on the talk page of both articles, to indicate that its page history contains the attribution to Wikipedian contributors of the material that lies elsewhere.

Notes also need to be put in edit summaries of both articles; see Wikipedia:Splitting#Procedure.

Usage

Do not wikilink |to= and |from= — these are automatically linked for you.

{{Split article
| from = name of page material was removed from
| from_oldid = permanent link url or revisionid from which the material was copied
| to = name of page material was copied to
| diff = url or either a single revisionid or a diff of two revisionids separated by a slash showing the addition of the material
| date = date and time material was moved
}}

The |to= and |date= fields are required. If |to= is not provided, the template will refuse to show its usual text.

The |from=, |from_oldid=, and |diff= fields are optional, but using them makes it easier for readers and editors to trace the split. Where the page was created with the split material as the first edit, the diff parameter cannot be accessed in the normal radio button, comparison mode in the page history. Instead, navigate to the permanent link for the first edit, and copy the "oldid". For example, where the end of the URL is &oldid=271444811, the revisionid is 271444811. When using two revisionids, the oldid should be first, followed by a slash and the diff. If you have trouble using the revisionids, you can use the whole URL.

This template can be placed on the talk page of the article that was split and the talk page of the new article receiving the split content. When placing the template on the new article receiving the split content, provide the |from= parameter for proper attribution. If the receiving article already had content, you may wish to use {{Merged-from}}, instead.

Multiple splits

Additional splits from the same article can be specified by adding a number after each variable, so the second split would use |to2=, |date2=, |from_oldid2= and |diff2= and so on:

{{Split article
| from = name of page material was removed from
| to  = 
| from_oldid  = 
| diff  = 
| date  = 
| to2 = 
| from_oldid2 = 
| diff2 = 
| date2 = 
| to3 = 
| from_oldid3 = 
| diff3 = 
| date3 = 
}}

The template can support any number of splits, as long as the numbers that go after each parameter are consecutive. If |to3= is provided but |to2= is not, only |to1= will show up.

The |collapse= parameter can be used to collapse some or all of the listed items. Set |collapse=yes to collapse all items, or |collapse=4 to hide all entries below |date4= for instance.

Errors

Errors and warnings about template usage are tracked using the following tracking categories:

• Category:Pages with split article errors (0)
• Category:Pages with split article warnings (0)
• Category:Pages using split article with unknown parameters (0)

TemplateData

Talk page notice used to indicate that a page's history contains splits and require attribution to contributors elsewhere

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Collapse	collapse	Whether to collapse values. Set to "yes" to collapse all by default, or a number at which all rows after that number will be collapsed. Suggested values yes Example "yes", "2", "5"	String	optional
From	from	Page that split content originally came from	Page name	required
To 1	to to1	Target page of an article split	Unknown	required
Diff 1	diff diff1	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	suggested
Date 1	date date1	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	suggested
From revision 1	from_oldid from_oldid1	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	suggested
To 2	to2	Target page of an article split	Unknown	suggested
Diff 2	diff2	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	suggested
Date 2	date2	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	suggested
From revision 2	from_oldid2	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	suggested
To 3	to3	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 3	diff3	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 3	date3	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 3	from_oldid3	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
To 4	to4	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 4	diff4	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 4	date4	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 4	from_oldid4	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
To 5	to5	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 5	diff5	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 5	date5	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 5	from_oldid5	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
To 6	to6	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 6	diff6	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 6	date6	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 6	from_oldid6	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
To 7	to7	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 7	diff7	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 7	date7	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 7	from_oldid7	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
To 8	to8	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 8	diff8	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 8	date8	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 8	from_oldid8	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
To 9	to9	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 9	diff9	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 9	date9	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 9	from_oldid9	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
To 10	to10	Target page of an article split	Unknown	optional
Diff 10	diff10	Revision ID of the revision which added the split content into the target page	Number	optional
Date 10	date10	Date on which the split occurred Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Date	optional
From revision 10	from_oldid10	Revision ID of the page at the time of the split	Number	optional
Demo	demo nocat	Disables tracking categories if enabled	Boolean	optional

See also

• Wikipedia:Article size
• {{Copied}}
• {{Merged-from}}
• {{Merged-to}}

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