Template:Very long
This page may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. (November 2024) |
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What is “Very long”?
According to Rules and other Rules, a page constitutes to be “very long” when its size in bytes exceeds somewhere around 200 000. In most cases, this corresponds to 17–23 000 words. However, that is the upper limit for how big a namespace page can be before you end up with an error. An example of a “namespace page” is an article.
Which is to say that this template should be used prior to the page reaching that number.
So, when should you put it this banner? This is part of a VERY CONTROVERSIAL 30–YEARS OLD DEBATE. The User which transcsluded this template and wrote this section of the documentation herself is a “Separatist”.
In short, Deletionists believe that the number of articles on any wiki should be kept minimal. This, of course, emerged on the Most irrelevant sister wiki project among them (Wikipedia). Opposite to them are the Inclusionists, who emerged on the dead cursed project known as “Fandom”. Separatists are inclusionists who are aware of technical difficulties (see the other Rules link above) which arise when page sizes are too big.
The size of any page can be checked by clicking on the “Page information” link, underneath the ″Tools ″bar.
In general, the following table should be followed:
Byte size | Est. number of words | More yes or more no | Definite yes or no |
---|---|---|---|
200 000 | 23 000 | Definite yes | Definite yes |
140–200 000 | 15&nsbp;000 | Yes | Place this banner here |
85–140 000 | 9-15 000 | Probably | Place this banner here |
6–86 000 | 300–8 500 | Definite no | No. |
Usage
Add {{Very long|date=November 2024}}
to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.
small
parameter{{Very long|small=left|date=November 2024}}
generates the following smaller-sized template, a left-size box instead of a banner (which is usually only of use with|section=
, below):This section is too long. Consider splitting it into new pages, adding subheadings, or condensing it. (November 2024)
- Section-specific use
- If just a particular section of an article is getting long, it can be tagged by adding the
|section=
parameter, or using the{{Very long section}}
template variant: {{Very long section}}
and{{Very long|section|small=left|date=November 2024}}
both render: Template:Very long section
- Readable prose size (in words)
- The readable prose size in words, calculated with the help of tools like Prosesize or Shubinator's DYK tool, can be added manually to the template:
{{Very long|words=14,000}}
generates the following template:This page may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. When this tag was added, its readable prose size was 14,000 words. (November 2024)
nosplit
parameter- Adding
|nosplit=yes
(or any other value for that parameter, such as y or true) will suppress mention of splitting the material to new sub-articles, since not all content is suitable for splitting (usually because it would fail WP:Notability as a stand-alone article).
- Categorization
- This template adds tagged articles to Category:Articles that may be too long, or one of its dated subcategories.
{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Splitting/List|noheading=yes}}{{Wikipedia:Template messages/Merging/List|noheading=yes}}
TemplateData
TemplateData for Very long
Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
Don't suggest splitting | nosplit | Enter any text here to remove "splitting content into sub-articles" from the suggested fix, if the content would not be suitable for splitting (usually because it would fail WP:NOTABILITY as a standalone article).
| String | optional |
Suggested fix | fix | Text to replace the suggested fix ("Please consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings.")
| String | optional |
Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
Make template small | small | Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. This also condenses the text and replaces "article" with "section".
| String | optional |
See also
- A list of related cleanup templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
- {{Lead too long}}
- {{Long plot}}
- {{Sections}}
- {{Sub-sections}}
- {{Overly detailed}}
- {{Too many see alsos}}
- {{Very long section}}
- {{Archiveme}} – a template for long talk pages