Template:Expand section/doc

This template may be used at the beginning of article sections that need expansion.

Usage
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 Wikipedia namespaces.

Long form:

Overview
This template may be used without parameters, and a BOT will add the date when necessary.


 * what and why – (or with= or for=) add a few words about what needs expansion and why
 * no	 – (default when omitted: a small message box flush left)
 * Section name	 – (link with NO brackets, ""; displays only if small=no)
 * August 2024
 * your search keywords –  search terms for find sources param 1 (double-quoted search). This optional parameter adds a set of links produced by the find sources template to the output. If omitted, no "find sources" links are displayed. Details below.
 * additional search terms –  search keywords for find sources param 2 (unquoted search).
 * section	 – (section number)
 * period	 – &lt;!--no--> (included after the input for "1=" from above by default - use this

Details

 * small

When the small parameter is omitted, a small, left-justified message box is displayed. This can be overridden: use small with any value (such as,  to result in a wider message box.

Use of the wider box with no also enables display of the talksection parameter. (talk or discuss may also be used). In most cases, display of "find sources" results will be easier to read in a wide box, but are permitted in the default, smaller box.


 * date

The date parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles to be expanded, allowing the oldest ones to be identified and dealt with first. You do not need to specify the date manually; a bot will add it later automatically.


 * find parameters

There are two 'find' parameters available to control the presentation and operation of the find sources links optionally displayed by the template. The find parameters can be used to provide the search keywords of your choice to the find sources links. Use: If you want to display find sources links in the box, but are not sure of what search keywords to use, try setting Article title and Section title. If the article title is a long, descriptive title unlikely to generate good results as a long, double-quoted search query, try swapping the values of the two params.
 * find to specify keywords for an exact search (double-quoted query); this corresponds to find sources positional param one.
 * find2 to specify keywords for an unquoted search; this corresponds to find sources param two.

Examples
or inline short form


 * date=
 * The current month and year can be used in the date parameter. This will add the page to a sub-category sorted by date used (see the Categorisation section of this page for more information:




 * or




 * results in:


 * section=
 * The section parameter is used to link to the edit screen of the article's section in which this template is placed. If this template is placed in the second section after the TOC, then use 2:




 * results in:


 * and links to the edit screen for the second section of the page after the TOC.


 * 1=, with=, or for=
 * An unnamed parameter, 1 (or one of the named parameters, with or for), may be used to explain what expansion is needed in the section:




 * results in:


 * When multiple expansion issues need to be raised, explain them in a new section on the article's discussion page, and use the next two parameters for reader convenience.


 * small=

Specify no to generate a wide box, and enable param talksection.


 * talksection=

Prerequisite: requires no, otherwise presence and values of talksection are ignored.




 * results in:



Categorisation
When is used without a date parameter in an article in the main article namespace, the article is sorted to. 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 August 2024 is used, the article will be added to.

No matter what parameters are used with this template, it also adds the article to.

For an empty section
If the section is completely empty, the template should be used instead of this template.

The exception would be an empty section used for references as explained in the following subsection.

For a References or Notes section
When the section that needs expansion is used to list cited sources, then either or  should be used instead of  or.

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,, which in turn are collected and formatted into text in the section containing the  template or the   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 or , the section can still appear blank on the saved, rendered page if the article has no text within   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 template should be used at the TOP of the page just beneath any hatnotes.

TemplateData
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