Template:Split article

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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:

TemplateData

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

Template parametersEdit 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

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