Template:Empty section
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (May 2024) |
May be placed in a section that is completely empty, containing neither text nor sub-sections.
Usage
{{Empty section|date=May 2024}}
{{Empty section|small=no|date=May 2024}}
{{Empty section|small=no|find=search keywords|date=May 2024}}
Parameters
|date=: month and year the section was last checked for references; e.g.,|date=May 2024|small=: Any value (typically "y", "yes", etc.) will make the template smaller. The template should normally be full-width when it applies to an entire section.|find=: search keywords 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.|find2=: search keywords for {{find sources}} param 2 (unquoted search).
Date
The |data= parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Articles to be expanded, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. You do not need to specify the date manually; a bot will add it later automatically.
Template Data
TemplateData for Empty section
Maintenance template to be placed in sections that are empty, containing neither text nor sub-sections. Before tagging an empty section, consider removing the section heading instead – for example, an empty "Gallery", "See also" or "External links" section can safely be deleted. Puts articles into [[Category:Articles with empty sections]] and [[Category:Articles to be expanded]].
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "July 2022" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
| Section number | section | The ordinal number of the section to be edited (goes after "§ion=" in the "adding to it" link)
| Number | optional |
| Make template big | small | Enter anything other than "left" here to make the template box big and centred.
| Line | optional |
| "Find sources" verbatim search term | find | Verbatim search term for the links in the template for finding sources | Line | optional |
| "Find sources" non-verbatim search term | find2 | Non-verbatim search term for the links in the template for finding sources | Line | optional |
| Comment | comment | Custom text to go after "This section is empty." | String | optional |
Tracking categories
Redirects
- {{No content}}
See also
- {{Expand section}}