Wikipedia:Proposed article splits

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This is the page to make requests for the splitting of an article into two or more separate articles.

This process is usually undertaken to keep articles from becoming too large or unfocused; but may also occur when an element of an existing article gains substantial notoriety in its own right. In such a case, requests for splitting-off said content from an existing article into a newer, stand-alone article, should be directed here. After familiarizing yourself with the splitting process, please make your requests for article splitting below.

All split comments and discussions should be directed to the "discussion" subsection of the Original Article's Talk Page, NOT here.


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Splits of CATEGORIES should not be proposed here. Please see Wikipedia:Categories for discussion.
Splits of TEMPLATES should not be proposed here. Please see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.
MERGING of ARTICLES should not be proposed here. Please see Wikipedia:Proposed article mergers.

Split requests

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If you need assistance with proposing a split, list it below and someone will make sure it's properly listed. Note that this will not get the split completed, as there may be a backlog, and splits often require considerably more discussion than, for instance, a merge request. To request a split, list the article below as well as requested target article title(s). Include a short descriptive reason why you think a split is in order. Please sign your request(s). Thank you.

Making a request

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If you need assistance with proposing a split, list it below in "NEW REQUESTS" and someone will make sure it's properly listed. Note that this will not get the split completed on its own. After a split is listed properly, move it to the "Answered requests" or "Awaiting consensus" sections below as appropriate. Please list new requests at the bottom of the section. Use the edit summary and list at least a link to the original article. Please legitimize your request by signing each listing or comment by typing four tildes (~~~~). Unsigned requests can not be honored.

To request your split, copy the following template, paste it at the bottom of the NEW REQUESTS section, and fill in (replace) the article titles specific to your request, and give the reason why you think the page should be split. (NOTE: Often the original article name and one of the preferred new names are the same. However, at least one of the preferred new name(s) should appear red.) Indicate if your request will involve Page Moves, creating Disambiguation Page(s), or any other related work. Also, please indicate if you are willing to do the split if such a consensus is reached.

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*'''Split''' [[Original article name]] into [[Split-article preferred new name 1]] and [[Split-article preferred new name 2]]. GIVE YOUR REASON FOR THE SPLIT HERE. If agreed, I ''{will} OR {cannot}'' do the split.   ~~~~

New requests

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  • Split AS Val and VSS Vintorez into AS Val and VSS Vintorez. Two different type of rifles, AS Val is an assault rifle, while the VSS Vintorez is a sniper rifle. The VSS Vintorez was also developed prior to the AS Val, giving the rifle more precedence.
    • Benefits of having them split: To allow the articles to focus on the history and development of each rifle. This would make it easier when linking pages as well. It also gives a more unify format across the different Wikipedia languages. Currently, the AS Val and VSS Vintorez both have individual pages on other languages.

If agreed, I cannot do the split and would require assistance. 112.198.87.102 (talk) 22:45, 6 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

This request has been opposed at Talk:WarnerMedia and this user appears to have a pattern of making such requests without any legitimate reason other than their own opinion of the companies. Trailblazer101 (talk) 23:17, 17 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split Crunchyroll into Crunchyroll and Crunchyroll, Inc.. I think the article can be split into the Crunchyroll article by covering some parts of history in the lead section, The Anime Awards and Crunchyroll Expo to form another article called Crunchyroll, Inc. which highlights, apart from the launch of the streaming platform, how the media company was founded, its origins from May 2006 to mid-March 2022, being merged with Funimation to Crunchyroll, LLC as both companies closed between 2022 and 2023 until 2024. 190.166.242.220 (talk) 23:00, 28 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split Marketing ethics into Marketing Ethics and Ethics in Advertising and Promotion. The section on advertising ethics covers distinct issues, such as manipulation, stereotyping, and social responsibility, which differ from the broader scope of marketing ethics. The current content lacks citations and quality, it seems a textbook rather than a wiki entry. A standalone article would be easier to edit. If agreed, I ‘‘cannot’’ do the split myself as this is my first time, but I can contribute by editing the “Ethics in Advertising and Promotion” section. Postconfused (talk) 06:04, 5 January 2025 (UTC) --[reply]

References

  1. ^ Biafra Liberation Army, Resistance Fighters will protect Igbos in southeast – Simon Ekpa. Vanguard (Nigeria). October 23, 2023.
  2. ^ Simon Ekpa unveils deadly Biafran Liberation Army (Video, Photos). September 4, 2023. Kazeem Ugbodaga. P.M. News
  3. ^ TRAC Incident Report: The Biafra Liberation Army (BLA) has Commenced “Operation Sanctity”. April 6, 2023. Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium
  4. ^ Stay off our lands-Biafra Liberation [Army warns bandits, terrorist(s)]. Daily Times (Nigeria). April 22, 2024. Ihesiulo Grace. Archived April 23, 2024, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ IPOB disowns Biafra Liberation Army. The Sun (Nigeria). October 2, 2023. Stanley Uzoaru

. If agreed, I {will} OR {cannot} do the split. 92.11.125.76 (talk) 18:56, 27 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

  • (DISCUSS) SPLIT the K-Pop article into: K-Pop, K-Pop Dance, K-Pop Trainee System, K-Pop Fan Culture. The current main K-Pop article is too long. These topics warrant their own articles & I think in-depth analysis will be more productive in their own dedicated spaces. Their existing parts in the current K-Pop article would be reduced significantly and links to the dedicated pages would be made. This would simplify the K-Pop article whilst enabling greater documentatin of K-Pop culture on Wikipedia. If agreed, I will do this split. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Itzybella8 (talk • contribs) 01:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split Pejorative into Prejorative and Slur. A pejorative and a slur are distinct concepts, though related. A pejorative is any term used to express contempt or disapproval, while a slur is a specific type of pejorative that targets social groups with discriminatory intent. Slurs often involve stereotyping, typically insulting individuals or groups based on factors like ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, gender identity, or cognitive ability. Although dictionaries like Oxford and Wiktionary recognize this distinction, it's important to acknowledge that the modern, collective understanding of these terms evolves, and not all resources like these may reflect current usage. It is imperative to furthermore consider, for example, how the term "slur" is commonly used to refer to specific terms such as the N-word, which is viewed not just as a simple "curse word" but as a discriminate with a history of racism -- a term that falls under the definition that I have presented. Other derogatory terms like the wikt:F-slur (note this euphemistic title, and how it differs from the "F-word") and the wikt:R-slur are akin to this due to their similar constitutions in society today. If agreed, I will do the split.
    — Urro[talk][edits] ⋮ 02:47, 18 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
P.S. I have no experience splitting articles and would think if a significant amount needs to be moved from the Internet celbirity to the new article that I have created, someone else should handle that.-TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 22:36, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split Ashley Gorley into Ashley Gorley and Tape Room Music. Although Ashley Gorley founded Tape Room Music, it is its entirely own company with 5 employees, a roster of 14 writers, and over 40 number ones. It is powerhouse independent music publishing company that should have its own page to distinguish between the two. If agreed, I cannot do the split, as I have never done one and do not know how to do it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Emmajedow (talk • contribs) 15:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done Article was split by NealeWellington (talk · contribs) on 15 July 2024. -- 65.92.247.96 (talk) 03:56, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
 Done The split was carried out on 24 August 24 -- 64.229.88.34 (talk) 04:44, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[[8]] *Split Tornado outbreak of March 13-16, 2025 into Tornado outbreak of March 13-16, 2025 and 2025 Tylertown EF4 Tornado. The tornado, (Tylertown) has alot of sources and notability. I think it would need a page, due to the fact that this is an absolute HISTORIC tornado outbreak, and atleast 1 tornado on this page needs a page, and I think that tornado is the long tracked EF4 tornado. If agreed, I will do the split., Shaneapickle (talk) 14:29, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Split Japanese horror into Japanese horror and J-horror. (On this page it says one of the links should be red... here "J-horror" is just a redirect to "Japanese horror") This is quite a complicated issue. The article currently presents "J-horror" as merely a synonym for "Japanese horror", which I contend is definitely not true. I have never heard it used outside the discussion of film, and even within the discussion of film, I am of the opinion it more properly refers to a specific movement or subgenre within Japanese horror cinema. I'm not quite sure how the decision of how to interpret this works - you can certainly find "J-horror" used to just mean "Japanese horror films" (many lists and things will use it this way) but in my experience, in scholarly works and by the filmmakers themselves, it is generally used to specifically refer to a new style of Japanese horror film which grew out of TV and V-cinema (direct-to-video) productions in the early 1990s (see Tom Mes - Japanese Film and the Challenge of Video and Michael Crandol - Ghost in the Well). If agreed, I {cannot} do the split. I wouldn't mind doing some work on the J-horror page but I'm pretty inexperienced and don't think I could commit to doing it all. RestaurantMarsupial (talk) 15:30, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Devolution in England Split into Draft:Devolution in England with the recent discussion around English devolution and particularly the English Devolution bill I think that this topic should have a dedicated article.ChefBear01 (talk) 17:34, 11 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Split Petz into Petz (PF.Magic) and Petz (Ubisoft). There is a gap of 3 years between the last of the PF.Magic Petz series games and the first of the Ubisoft Petz games. The former is a cohesive series with a distinct style, while the latter is more realistic on average, primarily consists of foreign localized games, and entries are rarely connected to each other, let alone the original series. As a result, this page is very messy and broad - while the Ubisoft article will be regardless due to the circumstances, I don't think it's fair to the much more cohesive group of games (Dogz and Catz, Oddballz, Petz 2-5, and Babyz). If agreed, I {will} do the split. ⋆˚꩜｡ serilly! (he/him) (talk) 16:24, 31 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split 2023 Hpakant jade mine disaster into 2023 Hpakant jade mine disaster and Jade mining in Myanmar. Most of this article about a specific mining disaster is about jade mining in Myanmar more generally with, the article would benefit from being trimmed down to contain information only about the specific disaster with the more general topic of jade mining in Myanmar being a separate article. If agreed, I cannot do the split, the article could do with some copyediting and a more expert pair of eyes to assess any potential POV issues as it is being split. Giuliotf (talk) 21:22, 5 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Awaiting consensus

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After the involved article is tagged for the split discussion, the request should be added at (or moved to) the bottom of this section. This section can also be used if a proposal needs further discussion due to age, disagreement, or lack of consensus.

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Note, discussion is taking place here. 2001:8003:268E:A800:9DE5:6393:C64C:3D24 (talk) 08:07, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Articles to be split

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After discussion concludes, completed requests indicating SPLIT is to be carried out should be moved below (to the bottom of this list). Notate as {{Working}}

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Archived and rejected split requests

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When article discussion and split has been completed (if closed as proceed), notate and move the request to the TOP of the following ARCHIVED list. Articles that have been rejected for splitting should go here directly from the AWAITING CONSENSUS list. Please notate both types as {{Done}}, or {{Not done}}.

 Already done ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Split Apple Watch into Apple Watch and Apple Watch Ultra. With the announcement of the Apple Watch Ultra 2, it is clear that Apple sees the device as a seperate product line similar to the iPhone Pro series. The Ultra line of watches have a specific target market (hiking, trailing, & diving) and have enough distinct hardware and software features that set them apart from standard Apple Watch models even further than typical generational upgrades. TechnicalNewt (talk) 04:21, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:30, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

sporeball (talk) 18:28, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

  • Split KITT into KITT (Knight Rider) and KARR (Knight Rider) (this is a disambiguation page back to the section in KITT). The KITT article is about a TV show character, but it currently includes a section about a totally separate character from the TV show, KARR. User RJX74 brought up this issue on the Talk page in 2011, but it seems there was no discussion about it at that time. If agreed, I am unable to do the split (never created an article before and don't want to mess it up!). Pompeivsmangvs (talk) 11:56, 16 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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