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While most templates can be used in sections, these templates are section-specific:

Cleanup

Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{cleanup-section}}
category links talk 
  • Use this tag where a section in an article needs cleaning up.
{{criticism-section}}
category links talk 
{{Essay-entry}}
links talk 
{{Expand-section}}
category links talk 
  • First argument is added to description: {{expand-section|examples}} → "...by expanding this section with examples"
{{Prose}}
links talk 
{{Unreferencedsect}}
links talk 
See also: Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Structure and sections, Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Off-topic, Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Introduction, and Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Lists

Merging

The following tags should be placed on top the pages or sections which require merging.

For more details on this topic, see Wikipedia:Merging.
See also: Wikipedia:Splitting


Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{merge}}
category links talk 
  • Place this at the top of both pages or sections that are to be merged. Use the other page's name as the parameter. A link will be generated automatically.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a second parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tags {{mergeto|Dest page}} and {{mergefrom|Source page}} (or one of the sectional variants) instead.
  • Add the date parameter |date=October 2006 to place articles in Category:Articles to be merged since October 2006
{{merge-multiple}}
category links talk 

Redirects: {{mergemulti}}

  • This template is for proposing the merger of between 2 and 20 pages into a single page.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
{{mergeto}}
category links talk 
  • Place the tag {{mergeto|Dest page}} at the top of the page or section that is to have its content transferred to another page.
  • If the proposed source is an entire page, place the tag {{mergefrom|Source page}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • If the proposed source is one specific section of page, place the tag {{mergesection|Source page|Source section}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • If proposing that multiple sections of a single page (but not the entire page) be merged into another page, place the tag {{mergesections|Source page}} at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the destination page. Optionally, a second parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{mergefrom}}
category links talk 
  • If the proposed source is an entire page, place this at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Place the tag {{mergefrom|Source page}} at the top of the source page or section.
  • If a merger of multiple pages into a single page is being proposed, use {{mergefrom-multiple|Source 1|Source 2|Source 3}}.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a second parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{mergefrom-multiple}}
category links talk 
  • This template is for proposing the merger of between 2 and 20 pages into a single page.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge-multiple|Other page}} instead.
{{mergetomultiple-with}}
category links talk 
  • This template is to be used on the 2-20 articles which have to be merged into the main article as specified by {{mergefrom-multiple}}
  • The with= param is used to specify the main article to merge all the sub-articles into.
  • The discussion is directed to the talk page of the main article on which the {{mergefrom-multiple}} tag is placed.
{{mergesection}}
category links talk 
  • If the proposed source is one specific section of a page, place this at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Place the tag {{mergeto|Dest page}} at the top of the source page or section.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a third parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{mergesections}}
category links talk 
  • If proposing that multiple sections of a single page (but not the entire page) be merged into another page, place this at the top of the page or section that is to receive the merged material.
  • Place the tag {{mergeto|Dest page}} at the top of the each source section.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a second parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If it is not known which page or section is to receive the merged material, use the tag {{merge|Other page}} instead.
{{merging}}
category links talk 
  • Place this at the top of a source page for which a merger has begun (but has not yet been completed).
{{merged-from}}
links talk 
This template should only be used on talk pages.
{{merged-to}}
links talk 
This template should only be used on talk pages.

Splitting

These templates are used for splitting articles.

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


Tag Text that will be shown (and usage notes)
{{split}}
category links talk 


  • Place this at the top of a page for which a split into two or more new pages is proposed.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=October 2008 to place articles in Category:Articles to be merged since October 2008
{{split}}
category links talk 


{{split-apart}}
category links talk 


  • Place this at the top of a page for which a split into two or more new pages is proposed, and where they are distinct enough that a disambiguation page is not appropriate.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=October 2008 to place articles in Category:Articles to be merged since October 2008
{{split-apart}}
category links talk 


{{splitsection}}
category links talk 
  • Place this at the top of one or more sections for which a split into a new page is proposed.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=October 2008 to place articles in Category:Articles to be merged since October 2008
{{splitsection}}
category links talk 
{{splitsections}}
category links talk 
  • Place this at the top of a page for which a split of multiple sections into a new page is proposed.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
  • If possible, instead use {{splitsection}} or {{splitsection|new title}} in each of the sections that should be split into the new page.
  • Add the date parameter |date=October 2008 to place articles in Category:Articles to be merged since October 2008
{{Splitsections2}}
category links talk 
  • Place this at the top of one or more sections for which a split into a new section on the same page.
  • By default, the discussion is directed to the talk page of the page on which this tag is placed. Optionally, a "discuss" parameter can be specified to direct the discussion to another page.
{{splitdab}}
links talk 
  • This template is used for splitting disambiguation pages.
{{Split ships}}
links talk 


  • Use this template for articles that have information about more than one ship.


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