Template:Duplication/doc
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Usage
This template automatically adds articles to Category:Articles in need of internal merging or Category:Duplicate articles.
Basic usage: {{Duplication|date=November 2024}}
Parameters
All parameters are optional.
- section — changes wording to say "This section duplicates...". Place the template at the top of the section.
- Example:
{{Duplication|section=yes}}
- Example:
- dupe — adds a link referring to the section or article being duplicated, and adds the article to Category:Duplicate articles instead of Category:Articles in need of internal merging.
- Examples:
{{Duplication|dupe=#Section name}}{{Duplication|dupe=Article name}}
- Examples:
- dupe2 — same as dupe, just allows for an additional section/article to be linked.
- Example:
{{Duplication|dupe=Article name|dupe2=#Section name}}
- Example:
Template data
<templatedata> { "params": { "section": { "label": "Section", "description": "Replaces phrase \"article\" with \"section\"", "example": "yes", "type": "string", "suggested": true, "aliases": [ "1" ] }, "small": { "label": "Small version of template", "description": "Displays a smaller version of this template, for use when template is not at top of article", "type": "string", "default": "no" }, "dupe": { "label": "Duplicate article or section", "description": "Adds a link referring to the section or article being duplicated, and adds the article to Category:Duplicate articles", "example": "Microsoft Windows", "type": "string" }, "dupe2": { "label": "Duplicate article or section 2", "description": "Same as dupe, just allows for an additional section/article to be linked.", "example": "#Windows 10", "type": "string" }, "discuss": { "label": "Talk page discussion", "description": "Article talk page and section where a relevant discussion is taking place", "example": "Talk:Microsoft#Duplicate information", "type": "string" }, "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that this cleanup request was placed", "example": "March 2017", "type": "string", "suggested": true, "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" } }, "description": "Cleanup template for use in articles which duplicate the scope of other articles.", "paramOrder": [ "dupe", "dupe2", "section", "discuss", "date", "small" ], "format": "inline" } </templatedata>
See also
- WP:REDUNDANTFORK, a content guideline
- See a list of related cleanup templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup.
- {{CWW}}, for pages that have been copied and pasted within Wikipedia
- {{Duplicate}}, for files.
- {{Move portions}}/{{Move portions from}}: another approach to mitigate partial duplication
- {{Overly detailed}}, perhaps a much more appropriate template under these circumstances.
- {{Summarize section}}
- {{Summarize}}:
{{Summarize|to|ArticleName}},{{Summarize|from|ArticleName}}