Template:Cleanup split/sandbox

This article or section may need to be cleaned up or summarized because it has been split from/to .

This is the template sandbox page for Template:Cleanup split (diff).
See also the companion subpage for test cases.

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1 Usage
- 1.1 Parameters
- 1.2 Typical use cases
2 See also

Usage

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Place this at the top of a section that has grown too large and has been split but not yet summarized. It can also be placed at the top of a new article that is the result of a split, if the article still needs post-split cleanup such as a proper lead section, link and citation repair, etc.

For example, {{Cleanup split|Megabat}} produces:

This article or section may need to be cleaned up or summarized because it has been split from/to Megabat.

Parameters

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The 1st through 20th unnamed parameters are article names for split to/from targets.

|section= with any value (such as y or true) changes the text "article or section" to just "section".

|dir=from changes the text "from/to" to just "from".

|dir=to changes the text "from/to" to just "to".

|date={{subst:DATE}} or |date=November 2024 stamps the template with the month and year it was placed in the article.

Typical use cases

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For section that has been split out into new article and in the original article needs to be summarized:

{{Cleanup split|section=yes|dir=to|Megabat}}

For top of newly split article that needs post-split improvement:

{{Cleanup split|dir=from|Bat}}