Wikipedia:Proposed article splits

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.


Note

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

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

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 WarnerMedia into TimeWarner and Aol Time Warner. The TimeWarner History Cannot Be Smushed Into One Single Page. If agreed, I {will} OR do the split. TheLarryBird2011
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)
  • 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)
  • 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) --
  • (DISCUSS) Split List of Walt Disney Pictures films into List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1937–1949), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1950–1959), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1960–1969), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1970–1979), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1980–1989), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1990–1999), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (2000–2009), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (2010–2019), and List of Walt Disney Pictures films (2020–2029). This article is possibly way too long for us to read and navigate comfortably, so it needs to be split into those articles. Each article that will be split from this page shall be split into sections by year. The only exception is List of Walt Disney Pictures films (2020–2029), whose sections include as follows: Released • Upcoming (Undated films · In development). If agreed, I will do the split. One-Winged Devil (talk) 17:28, 17 December 2024 (UTC)
    @One-Winged Devil, I didn’t see any support for the split you proposed. Are you willing to close it yourself or is there some policy that applies? Dw31415 (talk) 23:07, 1 March 2025 (UTC)
    How about we split the article into List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1937–1949), List of Walt Disney Pictures films (1950–1999), and List of Walt Disney Pictures films (2000–present) instead? The 2000–present page would consist of the following sections: Released (2000s · 2010s · 2020s) • Upcoming (Undated films · In development). Each decade section would be split by year. Does that make better sense? One-Winged Devil (talk) 17:56, 2 March 2025 (UTC)
  • Split Simon Ekpa into Biafra Liberation Army and Ekpa Simon Njoku. Right now, typing in "Biafra Liberation Army" redirects to the Simon Ekpa article. There are news articles about the BLA. There is also a TRAC page about them.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Battlesnake1 (talk) 00:47, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Split CBS News Mornings into CBS News Mornings and CBS Morning News. If agreed, I accomplish this split. 50.201.40.102 (talk) 19:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
  • Split On Tat Estate and On Tai Estate into On Tat Estate and On Tai Estate. The reason is On Tat Estate, which is located at 3 On Chui Street and was completed in 2016, comprises 11 blocks with a total of 9,356 flats while On Tai Estate, which is located at 20 On Sau Road and was completed in 2017 and 2018, comprises 11 blocks with 8,561 units. ZohoOneFan88 (talk) 13:41, 3 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Split Shoulder Arthritis into Glenohumeral arthritis and Acromioclavicular arthritis. The shoulder comprises the sternoclavicular, acromioclavicular, glenohumeral, and scapulothoracic articulations. Each of these articulations should be considered separately as they have unique symptoms, epidemiology, and management. This split would involve the creation of separate acromioclavicular and glenohumeral osteoarthritis pages and the subsequent deletion of the Shoulder Arthritis page. If agreed, I {will} do the split. JThompson.Utexas (talk) 12:57, 18 September 2023 (UTC)
  • (DISCUSS) Split Max Verstappen into Max Verstappen and List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Max Verstappen. As the driver with the 5th most wins of all time, above Ayrton Senna, well on the way to becoming an all-time great, I feel its only right that he gets a win list article of his own. There's already a detailed draft at Draft:List of Formula One Grand Prix wins by Max Verstappen. I understand that the creation of this article has been requested and denied multiple times in the past, but a lot has changed. A third consecutive championship is almost certain following a record-breaking 10-race win-streak, and he is rapidly approaching 50 wins. If agreed, I cannot do the split. MaxLikesStuff (talk) 09:29, 22 September 2023 (UTC)
  • Split Arena Football League into Arena Football League and Arena Football League (2024). The proposed 2024 relaunch of the Arena Football League has completely different leadership and management from the previous two incarnations of the AFL, with a different commissioner, hardly any original teams and personalities from the league on board, and completely different markets from what the original AFL would expand into (I doubt even in the original AFL's earliest days they would be willing to expand to Billings, Salina, Rapid City, Dodge City or Council Bluffs). As such, I believe the differences are distinct enough for the past league and the proposed future league to be separate articles, similar to how the various incarnations of the American Basketball Association and World Hockey Association are already treated. If agreed, I {will} do the split. Tom Danson (talk) 01:16, 26 October 2023 (UTC)
  • Split Recognition of same-sex unions in Japan into Recognition of same-sex unions in Japan and Registered partnerships in Japan or Partnership oaths in Japan. Partnership oath registries are growing in number across Japanese municipal and prefectural governments since 2015 in lieu of the Japanese government recognizing same-sex couples. I've participated in updating the main article for years, but the section on partnership registries has grown increasingly complex with a growing list of governments and mutual recognition agreements, not to mention the list on LGBT rights in Japan of governments allowing for the naming of children and in-laws of partners as family members on several registries. In addition, quite a few also allow for common-law opposite-sex couples to join said registries. If agreed, I will do the split, but I understand if a split is not agreed to at this time. RayneVanDunem (talk) 20:20, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

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

  • Split Steel and tin cans into Steel Cans and Tin Cans. This article is mostly used by people to either research tin cans or steel cans, and the way the information is presented in the article, it is very difficult to find information about tin cansVMDraper (talk) 17:02, 13 December 2023 (UTC). If agreed, I will do the split. VMDraper (talk) 17:02, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
  • Split 245th Motor Rifle Division into 245th Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union) and 245th Motor Rifle Division (Russian Federation). Consistency across Soviet and Russian units with the same name and shared history. If agreed, I cannot do the split, as I've never done one before and don't know how. Scu ba (talk) 21:50, 18 December 2023 (UTC)
  • (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 (talkcontribs) 01:54, 22 January 2024 (UTC)
  • 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)
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)
  • 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 (talkcontribs) 15:50, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
  • Split Akan names into Akan names and List of Akan surnames. A very long, questionably-formatted table titled "Ethnic-Ashanti family names (surnames)" (which has been described as "all kinds of wrong" in the revision history) needs cleanup, but it would probably be more appropriate to rework into a list (e.g. Georgian name and List of Georgian surnames). If agreed, I {will} do the split. LatexRerun (talk) 20:45, 20 June 2024 (UTC)
  • {DISCUSS) Split Thomas Massie into Thomas Massie and Political positions of Thomas Massie. The Political positions section has 15 subsections, and comprises 44.43% of the article. I believe the size of this section alone warrants a split; however, Massie's views and voting record also have a history of being unorthodox for a House Republican, which further warrants a separate article that can go into detail on his political positions. If agreed, I will do the split (but I wouldn't mind some help). Kodiak Blackjack (talk) • (contribs) 04:34, 29 June 2024 (UTC)
 Done Article was split by NealeWellington (talk · contribs) on 15 July 2024. -- 65.92.247.96 (talk) 03:56, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 Done The split was carried out on 24 August 24 -- 64.229.88.34 (talk) 04:44, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
  • Split Yoko Ono into Yoko Ono and Works of Yoko Ono. The Yoko Ono page is a lengthy page with over 12,000 words. The Artwork section makes up around 2,500 words of that. The Discography and Filmography sections could probably be moved to the new Works of Yoko Ono page as well. If agreed, I cannot do the split. DenebDeNoob (talk) 15:18, 29 October 2024 (UTC)

Awaiting consensus

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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  • SPLIT Already took place, but has been (half-way) reverted: Emmanuel_Macron (edit | talk | history | protect | delete | links | watch | logs | views) into Presidency of Emmanuel Macron (until recently a redirect and a disambiguation page). Rationale: Article is almost 300K long; it takes forever to load. The natural break where the split ocuured—his presidency—cut the articles in half (still huge, but better than before). I conducted the split, but the split at the source article (Emmanuel Macron) was reverted. The split at The Presidency of Emmanuel Macron was not reverted. This resulted in a 150K wp:Content Fork that the person who reverted is fighting to maintain. Please weigh in on this issue. I will re-do the split if it is decided to proceed, but am walking away from the discussion for now as I have limited Wiki-time. Let me know if you need me. Thanks GenQuest "scribble" 04:28, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
Note, discussion is taking place here. 2001:8003:268E:A800:9DE5:6393:C64C:3D24 (talk) 08:07, 18 January 2025 (UTC)
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Articles to be split

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

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}.

  • Split Xbox Game Studios into Microsoft Gaming. Xbox Game Studios, ZeniMax Media, Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, and King all report to the Microsoft Gaming division that covers the company's ventures in video game development, publishing, and distribution. If agreed, I will do the split. One-Winged Devil (talk) 17:50, 13 October 2023 (UTC)
 Already done ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)
  • 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)
 Already done ~/Bunnypranav:<ping> 06:30, 23 November 2024 (UTC)

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

  • Split Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete into Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (material) and 2023 United Kingdom reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete scandal. The article in question has grown from a stub about the material in question into being dominated by the recent political scandal regarding its historical use and lack of maintenance within the UK. As a result it feels like it's moving outside its original purpose of documenting the material and its basic factual properties and use to instead also containing current events of politically-charged information such as what a minister said or promised to do or didn't do etc. Therefore I believe it would be better that the content relating to the political scandal aspects be moved to a separate article. If agreed, I will attempt to do the split (haven't done one before but willing to try). Rambling Rambler (talk) 20:02, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

Old archives

Split article requests: 2022 completion archives
  • Split (DISCUSS) Domingo into Domingo (name). The people section of this disambiguation page is rather large, so it is better to split it off into a separate name set index page. If agreed, I may be able to do the split, if someone creates a redirect at the target location first, page creation is a protected process, so I can't actually create a new page. I may be able to do it if I have not rotated off my IP address at that time so that I can be informed; if I have rotated, I may nolonger have this discussion linked to. As an IP user I may be reverted in any changes I make. See discussion at TALK: Domingo#Split off the people section to Domingo (name). -- 65.92.246.142 (talk) 20:30, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    •  Done 9 April 2022 (UTC)
Split article requests: 2019 to 2021 completion archives
 Not done Consensus is against a split. GenQuest "scribble" 19:55, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
Moot Request withdrawn following standard copy editting. GenQuest "scribble" 19:43, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
  • Split We_Need_Answers#No_More_Women into We Need Answers and No More Jockeys. The game was always separate from the erstwhile TV programme, and now has its own YouTube channel etc and needs more saying about it. The earlier placeholder should link to new main article instead. The change of game's name is not the point. Please see Contested Deletion at Talk:No_More_Jockeys.
 Not done Minor, small article on defunct 2 season show does not qualify for would result in two perma-stubs. GenQuest "scribble" 19:07, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Not done Request is unsigned and no discussion was started. GenQuest "scribble" 18:54, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Done Not Done Consensus is against a split at this time; a BOLD split did take place, however, and remains. GenQuest "scribble" 18:48, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
@GenQuest: Already split in July - consensus was actually for keeping the article after the split: Talk:Black Lives Matter Plaza. P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 18:51, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Done by Move & Disambiguation by interested editor. GenQuest "scribble" 18:41, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Not done Only comment after months is opposed to requested split. Pinging proposer, @TagaSanPedroAko: GenQuest "scribble" 18:22, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Not done Stale proposal with no input after 10 months, Proposer, SMcCandlish may wish to go BOLD and do a split. Good luck. GenQuest "scribble" 18:16, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Not done stale and stalled proposal getting little input. Try again down the road. GenQuest "scribble" 18:00, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Not done Only weak opposition expressed; closed; may survive a BOLD split by proposer, SMcCandlish. GenQuest "scribble" 18:16, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Done Consensus in favorite of split. Historyday01 (talk) 14:27, 27 February 2021 (UTC)
 Not done It was decided instead to move to Heterodox teachings (Chinese law) instead and re-focus the article. - - mathmitch7 (talk/contribs) 15:21, 3 June 2021 (UTC)
 Working Update: United States v. Flynn is now in the mainspace. Relevant notices were posted (e.g., re: copying, and inviting editors from Michael Flynn, Emmet G. Sullivan and WikiProject Law) to contribute, and a notice has been posted to Michael Flynn re: the need to trim content there, as it wasn't possible to carry out a clean split from that page, given the organization of the content on that page and the desire to keep some info about the case there -- FactOrOpinion (talk) 14:30, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 Done GenQuest "scribble" 17:41, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
 Not done GenQuest "scribble" 15:50, 4 December 2020 (UTC)
  • Split American Bucking Bull into American Bucking Bull, Inc. and American Bucking Bull cattle: There's a WP:COATRACK here, where an animal breed article's content is basically hidden inside an article on an organization. This is not how we do things. The breed article should be split out to American Bucking Bull cattle, with {Infobox cattle breed} and the normal sections for a breed article, like "Breed characteristics", "History", "Genetics", or whatever we'll have the sources for.  — SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  18:52, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 Not done
  • Article is tagged and awaiting merger discussion. >>>Discussion Here<<<.  — SMcCandlish ¢ 😼  18:52, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
    Oppose: This is a distinction without a difference. The Bucking Bull breed and its registry have no need for a split. If the corporation needs a separate article, that's a separate question, not a split discussion (Like American Quarter Horse and American Quarter Horse Association). As usual, the lead editor on these articles appears to not have been notified. Montanabw(talk) 16:35, 1 August 2018 (UTC) Whoops, sorry, moved this to the discussion page of the article. Montanabw(talk) 17:09, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
    Request  Completed Withdrawn by proposer GenQuest "Talk to Me"
 Done.​ The history merge has been completed by Anthony Appleyard, and the split is finished. — Newslinger talk 17:29, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

Richard3120 (talk) 15:11, 1 February 2019 (UTC)

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