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Template:Duplication

This article duplicates the scope of other articles. Please discuss this issue and help introduce a summary style to the article. (May 2026)

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Basic usage: {{Duplication|date=May 2026}}

All parameters are optional.

section — changes wording to say "This section duplicates...". Place the template at the top of the section.
Example: {{Duplication|section=yes}}
dupe — adds a link referring to the section or article being duplicated, and adds the article to Category:Duplicate articles instead of Category:Articles in need of internal merging.
Examples: {{Duplication|dupe=#Section name}} {{Duplication|dupe=Article name}}
dupe2 — same as dupe, just allows for an additional section/article to be linked.
Example: {{Duplication|dupe=Article name|dupe2=#Section name}}

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

TemplateData for Duplication

Use this cleanup template to indicate that an article or section duplicates the scope of other articles or sections.

Template parameters
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
Duplicate article or section	`dupe`	The article or section that this article or section duplicates. This also adds this article to Category:Duplicate articles. Example Microsoft Windows	Page name	suggested
Duplicate article or section 2	`dupe2`	A second article or section that this article or section duplicates Example #Windows 10	Page name	optional
Talk page discussion	`discuss`	Talk page and section where a relevant discussion is taking place Example Talk:Microsoft#Duplicate information	Page name	optional
Affected area	`1`	Text to replace the word "article", usually "section" Example section Auto value `section`	Line	optional
Section?	`section`	Enter any text here to replace the word "article" with "section". Example y Auto value `y`	Line	optional
Duplicates other sections?	`othersections`	If "Affected area" is set to "section", or "Section?" is true, you can enter "y", "yes", "true", "on" or "1" here to change "other articles" to "other sections". Example y Auto value `y`	Line	optional
Make template small	`small`	Enter "left" here to make the template box small and aligned to the left. Example left Auto value `left`	Line	optional