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Place this template at the beginning of article sections that need expansion, after that section's title. You can use this template in the Main/Article or popflock.com resource namespaces.
As of August 2016
, this template only uses the "article message box" (Ambox) style; this will be fixed in the future.Recommended use is with a talk page link explaining what is needed and especially any justification for your judgement.
Note: {{sect-stub}} is a shortcut used for consistency with other cleanup templates.
{{Expand section | 1 = (or with= or for=) | section = (section number) | small = no (default is "yes") | talksection = (link with NO brackets, "[[]]"; displays only if small=no) | date = Month YYYY | period = <!--no--> (included after the input for "1=" from above by default - use this only in instances where terminal punctuation should be placed before a reference) }}
or inline short form
{{Expand section | 1 = (or with= or for=) | section = (section number) | small = no (default is "yes") | talksection= (or talk= or discuss=) | date= }}
This template may be used without parameters, and a BOT will add the date when necessary.
{{Expand section|date=January 2021}}
{{Expand section|{{subst:DATE}}}}
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{{Expand section|section=2|{{subst:DATE}}}}
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{{Expand section|1=examples and additional citations|section=1|date=January 2021}}
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{{Expand section|1=examples and additional citations|section=1|date=January 2021|small=no|talksection=Template talk:Expand section#When should this template be used?}}
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When {{Expand section}}
is used without a parameter in an article in the main article namespace, the article is sorted to Category:Articles to be expanded. A bot or an editor will then add the date parameter, and the article will be sorted to a category with a name that reflects the date given. For example, if the is used, the article will be added to Category:Articles to be expanded from January 2021.
No matter what parameters are used with this template, it also adds the article to Category:All articles to be expanded.
If the section is completely empty, the {{Empty section}}
template should be used instead of this template.
The exception would be an empty section used for references as explained in the following subsection.
When the section that needs expansion is used to list cited sources, then either {{No footnotes}}
or {{More footnotes needed}}
should be used instead of {{Empty section}}
or {{Expand section}}
.
Note: Unlike the other templates mentioned, those "footnotes" templates should go at the beginning/TOP of the page, just under any hatnotes, rather than at the beginning of a section.
In the main article namespace, citing sources is an important part of the article, performed by using the tags, <ref></ref>
, which in turn are collected and formatted into text in the section containing the {{Reflist}}
template or the <references />
tag. This section (or sub-section, as might be the case if the sources are listed separately) is often titled "References", and can have other names.
If the article has a section that contains either {{Reflist}}
or <references />
, the section can still appear blank on the saved, rendered page if the article has no text within <ref></ref>
tags. Such a section is still considered blank, even though the template or tag wikitext can be seen in Edit mode. In that case the {{No footnotes}}
template should be used at the TOP of the page just beneath any hatnotes.
TemplateData for Expand section
Can be placed at the beginning of article sections that need expansion, after the section title.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reason | 1 with for | Reason the template was added, an explanation of what expansion the section needs. A bulleted list with lines beginning '*' can be given. | Content | optional |
Terminal punctuation | period punctuation | If set to 'no', this parameter omits the terminal punctuation after the input for the 'with'/'for' parameter (i.e., the reason the template was added); this is normally only used if references are included after terminal punctuation.
| Boolean | optional |
Talk section | talksection discuss talk | A section heading in the talk page where the issue is discussed. Note: The talksection parameter only displays if the parameter small is set to 'no'. | String | optional |
Month and year | date | The month and year the template was added, e.g. 'July 2017'.
| String | suggested |
Small | small | By default the template will be displayed in a small size. This can be changed by setting small to no. Not recommended in articles.
| Boolean | optional |
Section | section | Section number of the section with the template | Number | optional |
{{Clarify}}
and {{Explain}}
(both inline){{Incomplete list}}
{{Empty section}}
{{Missing information}}