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3	So, it looks like you need to split a page. Well, there's two ways to do it, and you'll need to pick one. '''Soft splitting''' is done by making a line break between the things that would be on the page, most commonly work subpages like YMMV and WMG, as long as the pages are relatively small. '''Hard splitting''' is when a page has all the content moved to a different set of pages and then the original is turned into a disambiguation or index. This is preferred for works and large pages.
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7	!!Soft splitting
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9	[[folder:How to Soft Split a Page]]
10	This example will be soft-splitting YMMV.IntoTheWoods by separating entries for [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods the original stage show]] and [[Film/IntoTheWoods its 2014 film adaptation]].
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14	Find the Edit button, which is located at the top left or bottom left of the page.
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18	This will then take you to the source screen.
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22	Rearrange the page into the order/layout/sections that you want. Once you are done, add markup that will title and separate the sections. This example uses level 2 headings (!!), but you can also use other formatting like AC markup, bolded text, or folders. For more on this, see Administrivia/TextFormattingRules.
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26	Hit preview to ensure that all the content has been carried over, leave a note in the edit reason, and hit save. You now have a softsplit page. Here is the section for the musical:
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30	...And below it the section for the 2014 film:
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34	[[/folder]]
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36	!!Hard splitting
37	[[folder:Creating a New Page and Transferring Data]]
38	The basic procedure for hard-splitting has a lot in common with Administrivia/HowToMoveAPage, so it will help if you read that page first.
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40	This example will be hard-splitting ''VideoGame.{{Postal}}'':
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44	New pages will be made for its sequels, ''VideoGame.Postal2'', ''VideoGame.PostalIII'', ''VideoGame.Postal4NoRegerts'', and its film adaptation, ''Film.{{Postal}}''. As you can see, it has already been soft-split into folders for each work. The hard split will just take it one step further.
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48	First, have your new page ready in another tab. This can be done by clicking through a red-link or modifying an existing URL to have the proper Administrivia/WikiWord. To make ''VideoGame.PostalIII'', go to:
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50	->[[AC:[=https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/PostalIII=]]]
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52	Then find the Edit button, located at the top right or bottom left of the page.
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56	Click this for both pages, and it should take you to the source screen. In the original page, find the content you want to split off, then copy it.
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60	Paste it in the new page.
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64	If you are splitting a trope page or a long subpage into subpages, then add a line about what you split it from. If you are creating a new work page, you will have to bring your new work page up to speed with the guidelines on Administrivia/HowToCreateAWorkPage. Here, this was done by copying the description from the old page's description and adding an examples line.
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68	In the old page's edit reason, leave a note saying you are splitting the page to avoid confusion. Hit save on both pages. You now have a shiny new page!
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72	Be sure to add your new page to [[Administrivia/HowIndexingWorks all the appropriate indexes]] and ensure [[Administrivia/WhatPageTypesMean the page type is set to the correct one]]. For example, VideoGame.PostalIII is a work that would be indexed in VideoGamesOf20102014. And if the page has discussion or reviews that need to be moved, you'll have to notify the staff as well. See the section on Administrivia/HowToMoveAPage.
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75	[[/folder]]
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77	[[folder:Breaking Redirects]]
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79	When splitting a work, you'll occasionally find that the page you want to move to is already a redirect. You can tell this is the case if going to the page you want to make just redirects you to the source page. See Administrivia/CreatingNewRedirects for more information on how they work. When writing this guide, ''VideoGame.Postal2'' redirected to ''VideoGame.{{Postal}}'':
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83	You will have to break the redirect in order to make the new page. This can be done first by going into the "Related" tab next to the "Edit Page" button:
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87	The "Related" page tells you how many Administrivia/{{wick}}s a page has. Any redirects it has are in a box on the right. Go on over there and click the redirect you want to break:
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91	That will then take you to the Related page for ''that redirect''. Hit Edit.
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95	You'll then find a source box with the redirect markup. Remove this markup. Proceed with the move as discussed previously.
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