Template:Very long

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Usage

Add {{Very long|date=October 2026}} to the top of the article, below any hatnotes.

small parameter

{{Very long|small=left|date=October 2026}} generates the following smaller-sized template, a left-size box instead of a banner (which is usually only of use with |section=, below):

Section-specific use

If just a particular section of an article is getting long, it can be tagged by adding the |section= parameter, or using the {{Very long section}} template variant:

{{Very long section}} and {{Very long|section|small=left|date=October 2026}} both render:

Readable prose size (in words)

The readable prose size in words, calculated with the help of tools like Prosesize or enwiki contributor, can be added manually to the template:

{{Very long|words=7,000}} generates the following template:

nosplit parameter

Adding |nosplit=yes (or any other value for that parameter, such as y or true) will suppress mention of splitting the material to new sub-articles, since not all content is suitable for splitting (usually because it would fail WP:Notability as a stand-alone article).

Reason parameter

Adding |reason=your reason here will add a new second sentence to the banner reading:

The specific problem is: your reason here.       (bolded, as shown)

Final punctuation is provided, you do not need to include it.

Categorization

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

This page is a Tilcayo Cats policy. The Clowder and all of The Coalition follow it.Shortcut: TC:CON See all policies and guidelines.

How it works

1. Be bold, once. Make the edit you think is right. If nobody objects, that is consensus.
2. If you are reverted, discuss. Don't restore your edit. Start a thread on the talk page, explain your reasons with sources and policies, and wait for replies.
3. Arguments, not votes. Whoever closes a discussion weighs the arguments against policy. Comments that ignore policy, repeat others or come from connected or paid editors without disclosure carry little or no weight.
4. Consensus cannot override policy. No local agreement can keep a non-notable topic, allow an unsourced claim or relax the rules for living people or paid work.
5. It can change. A past decision can be revisited when there are new sources or arguments, but not by repeating the same request until people give up.

Edit warring

Undoing another editor's change more than once on the same page in 24 hours, without discussion, is edit warring (Wikipedia allows three reverts; we allow one). It may lead to protection of the page or a block. Exceptions: reverting obvious vandalism, removing BLP violations and copyright infringement, and reverting banned or blocked users. Report edit warring at the edit warring noticeboard.

Getting more views

If a talk page discussion is stuck, ask for a third opinion, raise it at the relevant noticeboard, or at the village pump for wider questions. Ask once, in one place, in neutral words. Discussions that need a formal close can be listed at Closure requests. There is no arbitration committee and no formal mediation: if discussion fails, an administrator decides on policy grounds.

Page moves

Uncontroversial moves can be made by anyone. If a move is likely to be disputed, discuss it on the article's talk page first, and leave it open for seven days.

This page is a Tilcayo Cats policy. The Clowder and all of The Coalition follow it.Shortcut: TC:CON See all policies and guidelines.

How it works

1. Be bold, once. Make the edit you think is right. If nobody objects, that is consensus.
2. If you are reverted, discuss. Don't restore your edit. Start a thread on the talk page, explain your reasons with sources and policies, and wait for replies.
3. Arguments, not votes. Whoever closes a discussion weighs the arguments against policy. Comments that ignore policy, repeat others or come from connected or paid editors without disclosure carry little or no weight.
4. Consensus cannot override policy. No local agreement can keep a non-notable topic, allow an unsourced claim or relax the rules for living people or paid work.
5. It can change. A past decision can be revisited when there are new sources or arguments, but not by repeating the same request until people give up.

Edit warring

Undoing another editor's change more than once on the same page in 24 hours, without discussion, is edit warring (Wikipedia allows three reverts; we allow one). It may lead to protection of the page or a block. Exceptions: reverting obvious vandalism, removing BLP violations and copyright infringement, and reverting banned or blocked users. Report edit warring at the edit warring noticeboard.

Getting more views

If a talk page discussion is stuck, ask for a third opinion, raise it at the relevant noticeboard, or at the village pump for wider questions. Ask once, in one place, in neutral words. Discussions that need a formal close can be listed at Closure requests. There is no arbitration committee and no formal mediation: if discussion fails, an administrator decides on policy grounds.

Page moves

Uncontroversial moves can be made by anyone. If a move is likely to be disputed, discuss it on the article's talk page first, and leave it open for seven days.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Very long in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Very long

Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Month and year	date	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically. Example January 2013 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Don't suggest splitting	nosplit	Enter any text here to remove "splitting content into sub-articles" from the suggested fix, if the content would not be suitable for splitting (usually because it would fail WP:NOTABILITY as a standalone article). Example y Auto value y	String	optional
Suggested fix	fix	Text to replace the suggested fix ("Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings.") Example Consider splitting content into a history sub-article and condensing the geography section.	String	optional
Affected area	1	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section Auto value section	String	optional
Make template small	small	Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. This also condenses the text and replaces "article" with "section". Example left Auto value left	String	optional
Word count	words	The present word count of the article Example 15,000	Number	optional

See also

• A list of related cleanup templates at Wikipedia:Template index/Cleanup
• {{Infobox too large}}
• {{Lead too long}}
• {{Long plot}}
• {{Sections}}
• {{Subsections}}
• {{Summarize section}}
• {{Overly detailed}}
• {{Too many see alsos}}
• {{Very long section}}
• {{Archive request}} – a template for long talk pages

Tracking categories

• Category:Pages using Very long with unknown parameters (0)

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