Template:Empty section/doc

Description

This template identifies an empty section and when it was noticed to be empty. It also provides a link to edit the section and add content.

Usage

{{Empty section}}

{{Empty section|<date=>|<section=>}}

Parameters

• date= Optional Typically month and year are provided.
• section= If not supplied, the "adding information to it" link will link to editing the whole page instead of just one section.

Common form usage info (with current date and section)

To specify date, insert a vertical bar (|) after "Empty section" and type "date=INSERT DATE HERE". Typically INSERT DATE HERE is in the form of month name and 4-digit year (i.e. date=March-2025 or date=Mar 2025). To specify the section, insert another vertical bar (|) and type "section=INSERT SECTION NUMBER HERE". Typically INSERT SECTION NUMBER HERE is in the form of an integer (i.e. section=1). The section number can be found in the at the end of the URL (&action=edit&section=#) when you try to edit a section via the "[edit]" link to the right of the section header.

Tracking Categories

• Category:Articles needing expansion
• Category:Articles with empty sections

TemplateData

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", "Trivia", "See also", or "External links" section can safely be deleted. Puts articles into [[Category:Articles with empty sections]] and [[Category:Articles needing expansion]].

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	date	The date of when this template was placed. Example August 2010 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Line	suggested
Section number	section	The ordinal number of the section to be edited. Example 2	Number	optional

See also

• {{Expand section}}
• Template:Empty section on Wikipedia.