Template:Very long

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See Wikipedia:Article size for more information on this topic.

Usage

Add {{Very long|date=November 2024}} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.

If a particular section of an article is getting long, even though it has already been split to its own article as per the summary style, then it can be tagged by adding {{Very long|section|date=November 2024}} to the top of the section, which renders then as:

Small parameter

{{Very long|small=left|date=November 2024}} generates the following small sized template:

Section

{{Very long section}} and {{Very long|section|small=left|date=November 2024}} both render:

Readable prose size

The readable prose size in kilobytes, calculated with the help of tools like Prosesize or Shubinator's DYK tool, can be added manually to the template: {{Very long|rps=75}} generates the following template:

This template adds tagged articles to Category:Articles that may be too long, or one of its dated subcategories.

See also

Further information: Help:Merging, Wikipedia:Merging, and Wikipedia:Splitting

Merging

• {{Merge}}
• {{Merge to}}

• {{Merging}}
• {{Merge from}}
• {{Merge sections}}

Splitting

• {{Split}}
• {{Split2}}
• {{Split-apart}}
• {{Split dab}}

• {{Split section}}
• {{Split sections}}
• {{Move portions}}, {{Move portions from}}
• {{Very long}}

See also

• A list of related cleanup templates at Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup
• {{Lead too long}}
• {{Sections}}
• {{Sub-sections}}