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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Markup_size"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Markup size</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Markup_size-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-If_you_have_problems_editing_a_long_article" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#If_you_have_problems_editing_a_long_article"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>If you have problems editing a long article</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-If_you_have_problems_editing_a_long_article-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label 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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87_%D8%A7%DB%87%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%86%D9%84%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%88" title="ویکی‌پدیا:مقاله اۇزونلوغو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:مقاله اۇزونلوغو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A7%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নিবন্ধের আকার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:নিবন্ধের আকার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%94%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Уикипедия:Дължина – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Дължина" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Mida_dels_articles" title="Viquipèdia:Mida dels articles – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Mida dels articles" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:D%C3%A9lka_%C4%8Dl%C3%A1nku" title="Wikipedie:Délka článku – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Délka článku" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tama%C3%B1o_de_los_art%C3%ADculos" title="Wikipedia:Tamaño de los artículos – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Tamaño de los artículos" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87" title="ویکی‌پدیا:اندازه مقاله – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:اندازه مقاله" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tama%C3%B1o_dos_artigos" title="Wikipedia:Tamaño dos artigos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Tamaño dos artigos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Panjang_artikel" title="Wikipedia:Panjang artikel – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Panjang artikel" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiuto:Dimensioni_della_voce" title="Aiuto:Dimensioni della voce – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Aiuto:Dimensioni della voce" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%93%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ויקיפדיה:דפים ארוכים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:דפים ארוכים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%B5%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%AF:%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%96%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0" title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಲೇಖನದ ಗಾತ್ರ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯ:ಲೇಖನದ ಗಾತ್ರ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D0%B0%D2%9B%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%BC%D3%A9%D0%BB%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96" title="Уикипедия:Мақаланың мөлшері – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Мақаланың мөлшері" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B5" title="Википедија:Големина на статиите – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Големина на статиите" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AD%D8%AC%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87" title="ويكيبيديا:حجم المقاله – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:حجم المقاله" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%82%BA" title="Help:ページサイズ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Help:ページサイズ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajuda:Guia_de_edi%C3%A7%C3%A3o/Tamanho_de_p%C3%A1ginas" title="Ajuda:Guia de edição/Tamanho de páginas – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Ajuda:Guia de edição/Tamanho de páginas" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:M%C4%83rimea_articolului" title="Wikipedia:Mărimea articolului – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Mărimea articolului" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B9" title="Википедия:Размер статей – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Размер статей" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A%E2%80%8D%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%BA" title="විකිපීඩියා:ලිපියක ප්‍රමාණය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:ලිපියක ප්‍රමාණය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%82%DB%95%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%95%DB%8C_%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1" title="ویکیپیدیا:قەبارەی وتار – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="ویکیپیدیا:قەبارەی وتار" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%87%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Величина чланка – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Величина чланка" 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templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_style_guidelines" title="Category:Wikipedia style guidelines">Style</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">contents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Tables" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Tables">tables</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading"> <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_deletion_guidelines" 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title="Help:Searching">Search</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="mw-inputbox-centered" style=""><form name="searchbox" class="searchbox mw-inputbox-form" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-inputbox-input mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="20" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="deepcat:"Wikipedia guidelines"" name="searchfilter"/><br/><input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.017882566834" checked=""/><br/><input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search for a guideline" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Guideline_list" title="Template:Guideline list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Guideline_list" title="Template talk:Guideline list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>This page contains an overview of the key issues concerning <b>article size</b>. There are three related measures of an article's size: </p> <ul><li><i>Readable prose</i> size: the amount of viewable text in the main sections of the article, not including tables, lists, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Footer" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Footer">footer</a> sections.</li> <li><i>Wiki markup</i> size: the amount of text in the full page edit window, as shown in the character count of the edit <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Page history">history page</a>.</li> <li><i>Browser page</i> size: the total size of the page as loaded by a <a href="/wiki/Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>.</li></ul> <p>The article size impacts usability in multiple ways: </p> <ul><li><i>Reader issues</i>, such as <a href="/wiki/Attention_span" title="Attention span">attention span</a>, readability, organization, information saturation, etc. (when articles are large); and fragmentation and duplication of related information the reader may be seeking over multiple pages (when articles are short).</li> <li><i>Maintenance</i>, such as articles becoming time-consuming to maintain when they are very long; and articles becoming time-consuming to maintain when duplicate or coordinated information, possibly with duplicate references, must be maintained across multiple short articles.</li> <li><i>Technical issues</i>, such as size limits imposed by the MediaWiki software.</li></ul> <p>When an article is too large, consider <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Split" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Split">breaking it into smaller articles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forks#Article_spinoffs:_"Summary_style"_meta-articles_and_summary_sections" title="Wikipedia:Content forks">spinning part of it out</a> into a new article, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Merging" title="Wikipedia:Merging">merging part of it</a> into another existing article. When an article is too small, consider merging with one or more other existing articles. Such editorial decisions require <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>. Guidelines on the size of articles, and detailed solutions, are provided below. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">licensing policy</a> mandates that whenever any content is copied from one article to another new or existing article, an edit summary containing the required <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia#Proper_attribution" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">copy attribution</a> must be used. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Readability" data-mw-thread-id="h-Readability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Readability"></span>Readability<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Readability"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CANYOUREADTHIS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CANYOUREADTHIS&redirect=no">WP:CANYOUREADTHIS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Readability" title="Readability">Readability</a></div> <p>Each Wikipedia article is in a process of evolution and is likely to continue growing. Other editors will add to articles when you are done with them. Wikipedia has practically unlimited storage space; however, long articles may be more difficult to read, navigate, and comprehend. An article longer than one or two pages when printed should be divided into sections to ease navigation (see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Wikipedia:Manual of Style</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Layout" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Layout">Wikipedia:Layout</a> for guidance). For most long articles, division into sections is natural anyway. Readers of the <a href="/wiki/Mobile_Web" class="mw-redirect" title="Mobile Web">mobile</a> version of Wikipedia can be helped by ensuring that sections are not so long or so numerous as to impede navigation. </p><p>A page of about 10,000 words takes between 30 and 40 minutes to read at <a href="/wiki/Reading#Reading_rate" title="Reading">average speed</a>, which is close to the <a href="/wiki/Attention_span" title="Attention span">attention span</a> of most readers.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Understanding of standard texts at average reading speed is around 65%. At 10,000 words it may be beneficial to move some sections to other articles and replace them with summaries per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a> – see <a href="#Size_guideline">§ Size guideline</a> below. </p><p>Articles that cover particularly technical subjects should, in general, be shorter than articles on less technical subjects. While expert readers of such articles may accept complexity and length provided the article is well written, the general reader requires clarity and conciseness. There are times when a long or very long article is unavoidable, though its complexity should be minimized. <i>Readability is a key criterion</i>: an article should have clear scope, be well organized, stay on topic, and have a good narrative flow. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Readable_prose" data-mw-thread-id="h-Readable_prose-Readability"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Readable_prose-Readability"></span>Readable prose<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Readable_prose-Readability"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:RPS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:RPS&redirect=no">WP:RPS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Readable prose is the main body of the text, excluding material such as footnotes and reference sections ("see also", "external links", bibliography, etc.), diagrams and images, tables and lists, Wikilinks and external URLs, and formatting and mark-up. The measure may substantially underestimate the amount of content in articles that summarize much of their information in tables, especially when these contain notes and explanations in text columns. </p><p><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://xtools.wmflabs.org/articleinfo">XTools</a> shows prose information, including number of characters (under "Prose" in the "General statistics" section). It may be used for an article currently being looked at by selecting the <i>View History</i> tab for the page, then <i>Page Statistics</i> from the line near the top headed External Tools. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Prosesize" title="Wikipedia:Prosesize">prosesize gadget</a> is also helpful for estimating readable prose size. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lists,_tables_and_summaries" data-mw-thread-id="h-Lists,_tables_and_summaries-Readability"><span id="Lists.2C_tables_and_summaries"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Lists,_tables_and_summaries-Readability"></span>Lists, tables and summaries<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Lists,_tables_and_summaries-Readability"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(long_lists)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)">Wikipedia:Naming conventions (long lists)</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forking#List_formats" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Content forking">Wikipedia:Content forking § List formats</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SPLITLIST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPLITLIST&redirect=no">WP:SPLITLIST</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Lists, tables, and other material that is already in summary form may not be appropriate for reducing or summarizing further by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summary style</a> method. If there is no "natural" way to split or reduce a long list or table, it may be best to leave it intact, and a decision made to either keep it <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Embedded_lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Embedded lists">embedded</a> in the main article or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPINOFF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPINOFF">split it off</a> into a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">stand-alone page</a>. Regardless, a list or table should be kept as short as is feasible for its purpose and scope. Too much statistical data is against <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT#STATS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT">policy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Maintenance" data-mw-thread-id="h-Maintenance"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Maintenance"></span>Maintenance<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Maintenance"></span></h2></div> <p>Wikipedia articles are in constant need of maintenance. This ranges from minor edits correcting spelling and grammar, to major updates reflecting new events and new source material. Some articles may require being rewritten after some time, especially articles created about recent events. It is generally good practice to ensure that articles do not become too long to maintain, especially articles in need of frequent updating. Maintenance can become more difficult when the amount of text on a topic grows, especially when information, possibly with duplicate references, must be maintained across multiple articles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Technical_issues" data-mw-thread-id="h-Technical_issues"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Technical_issues"></span>Technical issues<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Technical_issues"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Browser_notes" title="Wikipedia:Browser notes">Wikipedia:Browser notes</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CHOKING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CHOKING&redirect=no">WP:CHOKING</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Total article size should be kept reasonably low, particularly for readers using slow internet connections or mobile devices or who have slow computer loading. Some large articles exist for topics that require depth and detail, but typically articles of such size are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPLIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPLIT">split</a> into two or more smaller articles. For notes on unrelated problems that various web browsers have with MediaWiki sites, and for a list of alternative browsers you can download, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Browser_notes" title="Wikipedia:Browser notes">Wikipedia:Browser notes</a>. </p><p>The maximum limit for Wikipedia is via the MediaWiki software's <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgMaxArticleSize" class="extiw" title="mw:Manual:$wgMaxArticleSize">wgMaxArticleSize</a> to 2 <a href="/wiki/Mebibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Mebibyte">MiB</a> (specifically, 2048 <a href="/wiki/Kibibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Kibibyte">kibibytes</a> or 2,097,152 bytes). Exceeding the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PEIS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PEIS">post-expand limit</a> will result in templates in the article appearing incorrectly. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Size_guideline" data-mw-thread-id="h-Size_guideline"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Size_guideline"></span>Size guideline<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Size_guideline"></span></h2></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="A_rule_of_thumb"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SIZERULE"></span><span id="WP:TOOBIG"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SIZERULE&redirect=no">WP:SIZERULE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TOOBIG&redirect=no">WP:TOOBIG</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Some useful rules of thumb for splitting, trimming or merging articles: </p> <table class="wikitable" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tbody><tr> <th>Word count </th> <th scope="col">What to do </th></tr> <tr> <td>> 15,000 words</td> <td>Almost certainly should be divided or trimmed. </td></tr> <tr> <td>> 9,000 words</td> <td>Probably should be divided or trimmed, though the scope of a topic can sometimes justify the added reading material. </td></tr> <tr> <td>> 8,000 words</td> <td>May need to be divided or trimmed; likelihood goes up with size. </td></tr> <tr> <td>< 6,000 words</td> <td>Length alone does not justify division or trimming. </td></tr> <tr> <td>< 150 words</td> <td>If an article or list has remained this size for over two months, consider merging it with a related article.<br/> Alternatively, the article could be expanded; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stub" title="Wikipedia:Stub">Wikipedia:Stub</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_to_find_word_count" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_find_word_count-Size_guideline"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_find_word_count-Size_guideline"></span>How to find word count<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_find_word_count-Size_guideline"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Wikipedia:Article_size#How_to_find_word_count"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:WORDCOUNT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WORDCOUNT&redirect=no">WP:WORDCOUNT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p><b>Please note:</b> These rules of thumb are intended to be <b>approximate</b> and apply only to <b>readable prose</b> – <i>not</i> to wiki markup size (as found on history lists or other means). Word counts can be found with the help of <b><a href="/wiki/User:Shubinator/DYKcheck" title="User:Shubinator/DYKcheck">Shubinator's DYK tool</a></b> or <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Prosesize" title="Wikipedia:Prosesize">Prosesize gadget</a></b> (either <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-input-wpgadget-Prosesize" title="Special:Preferences">as a script</a> or on <a class="external text" href="https://prosesize.toolforge.org">web version</a>), or by copying and pasting the text (not including references) to a word processor or other tool on your computer that can count words. The latter method is more accurate for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">stand-alone lists</a> and articles with significant list content, as the other tools do not count words in image captions, lists, or tables. When considering splitting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_guideline" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:List guideline">lists</a>, consider the impact of breaking up a <a href="/wiki/Help:Sortable_tables" title="Help:Sortable tables">sortable table</a>. </p><p>The rules of thumb apply somewhat less to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">disambiguation</a> pages and naturally do not apply to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Redirect" title="Wikipedia:Redirect">redirects</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lead_section_size" data-mw-thread-id="h-Lead_section_size-Size_guideline"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Lead_section_size-Size_guideline"></span>Lead section size<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Lead_section_size-Size_guideline"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section#Length" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section § Length</a></div> <p>The appropriate length of the lead section depends on the total length of the article. Most leads of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles">featured articles</a> are 250–400 words. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Splitting_an_article" data-mw-thread-id="h-Splitting_an_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Splitting_an_article"></span>Splitting an article<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Splitting_an_article"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">Wikipedia:Splitting</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPINOFF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPINOFF">WP:SPINOFF</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Wikipedia:Summary style</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SPINOUT"></span><span id="WP:SUBARTICLE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SPINOUT&redirect=no">WP:SPINOUT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SUBARTICLE&redirect=no">WP:SUBARTICLE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Very large articles should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Splitting">split</a> into logically separate articles. Long <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stand-alone_lists" title="Wikipedia:Stand-alone lists">stand-alone list articles</a> are split into subsequent pages alphabetically, numerically, or subtopically. Also consider splitting and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">transcluding</a> the split parts (for example with <a href="/wiki/Template:Excerpt" title="Template:Excerpt">Template:Excerpt</a>). </p><p>When splitting a section into a new article, you should refer to the steps in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PROPERSPLIT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PROPERSPLIT">WP:PROPERSPLIT</a>, including an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ES" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ES">edit summary</a> in the new article attributing the origin of the content to the existing article. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_need_for_haste" data-mw-thread-id="h-No_need_for_haste-Splitting_an_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-No_need_for_haste-Splitting_an_article"></span>No need for haste<span data-mw-comment-end="h-No_need_for_haste-Splitting_an_article"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:HASTE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:HASTE&redirect=no">WP:HASTE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>There is no need for haste in splitting an article when it starts getting large. Sometimes an article simply needs to be big to give the subject adequate coverage. If uncertain, or with high-profile articles, start a discussion on the talkpage regarding the overall topic structure. Determine whether the topic should be treated as several shorter articles and, if so, how best to organize them. If the discussion makes no progress consider adding one of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_index/Splitting" title="Wikipedia:Template index/Splitting">split tags</a> in order to get feedback from other editors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breaking_out_trivial_or_controversial_sections" data-mw-thread-id="h-Breaking_out_trivial_or_controversial_sections-Splitting_an_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Breaking_out_trivial_or_controversial_sections-Splitting_an_article"></span>Breaking out trivial or controversial sections<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Breaking_out_trivial_or_controversial_sections-Splitting_an_article"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_forks" title="Wikipedia:Content forks">Wikipedia:Content forks</a></div> <p>A relatively trivial topic may be appropriate in the context of the larger article, but inappropriate as the topic of an entire article in itself. In most cases, it is a violation of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view policy</a> to specifically break out a <i>controversial</i> section without leaving an adequate summary. It also violates that policy to create a new article specifically to contain information that consensus has rejected from the main article. Consider other organizational principles for splitting the article, and be sure that both the title and content of the broken-out article reflect a neutral point of view. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Breaking_out_an_unwanted_section" data-mw-thread-id="h-Breaking_out_an_unwanted_section-Splitting_an_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Breaking_out_an_unwanted_section-Splitting_an_article"></span>Breaking out an unwanted section<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Breaking_out_an_unwanted_section-Splitting_an_article"></span></h3></div> <p>If a section of an article is a magnet for unhelpful contributions (such as the "external links" section or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AVTRIV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AVTRIV">trivia</a> sections), be aware that while moving it to another article may help to clean up the main article, it creates a new article that consists entirely of a section for unwanted contributions. If an article includes large amounts of material not suitable for inclusion in the encyclopedia, it is better to remove that content than to create a new article for it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Trimming_or_content_removal" data-mw-thread-id="h-Trimming_or_content_removal"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Trimming_or_content_removal"></span>Trimming or content removal<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Trimming_or_content_removal"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_removal" title="Wikipedia:Content removal">Wikipedia:Content removal</a></div> <p>Text can often be trimmed to use fewer words to say the same thing; Some good essays have been written on how to do this, including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Military_history/Academy/Copy-editing_essentials" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Academy/Copy-editing essentials">WikiProject Military history's Copy-editing essentials</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Tony1/Redundancy_exercises:_removing_fluff_from_your_writing" title="User:Tony1/Redundancy exercises: removing fluff from your writing">User Tony1's redundancy exercises</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principle_of_Some_Astonishment" title="Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment">Wikipedia:Principle of Some Astonishment</a>. This technique not only leads to (slightly) shorter articles, <a href="/wiki/Readability" title="Readability">readability</a> of those articles typically improves. </p><p>Removing appropriate content, especially <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">summary style</a>, and/or reliably sourced and non-tangential information, from an article simply to reduce length without moving that content to an appropriate article either by merging or splitting, may require a consensus discussion on the talk page; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_removal#Reasons" title="Wikipedia:Content removal">Wikipedia:Content removal § Reasons</a> for acceptable reasons. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Markup_size" data-mw-thread-id="h-Markup_size"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Markup_size"></span>Markup size<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Markup_size"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Wiki markup">Help:Wiki markup</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MARKUPSIZE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MARKUPSIZE&redirect=no">WP:MARKUPSIZE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Markup or <a href="/wiki/Markup_language" title="Markup language">markup language</a> is the code used to organise a document and make it readable. Wiki markup is the codes used on Wikipedia. Markup size includes readable prose, the wiki codes, and any media used in the article, such as images or audio clips. </p><p>You can find the size of the markup of a page in <a href="/wiki/Byte" title="Byte">bytes</a> from its <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_history" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Page history">page history</a> (near the bottom). Also the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Searching" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Searching">search</a> box entry: <code>intitle:Article title</code> will show both number of words in the article and the size of the article in kilobytes. In most cases these are not reliable indications on their own of whether an article should be split. </p><p>The largest articles by markup size are listed at <a href="/wiki/Special:LongPages" title="Special:LongPages">Special:Longpages</a>. </p><p>Note that the ability to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Section" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Section">edit a section rather than the entire page</a> decreases wait time, removing some of the many, oversized-page problems for <i>editors</i>; however, <i>readers</i> with slow connections will still have to wait for the entire page to load. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="If_you_have_problems_editing_a_long_article" data-mw-thread-id="h-If_you_have_problems_editing_a_long_article"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-If_you_have_problems_editing_a_long_article"></span>If you have problems editing a long article<span data-mw-comment-end="h-If_you_have_problems_editing_a_long_article"></span></h2></div> <p>If you have encountered an article that is so long you can't edit it, or if your browser chops off the end of the article when you try to edit it, there are a few ways you can solve the problem. </p><p>Often, you can edit the article one <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Section" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Section">section</a> at a time by using the "Edit" links you see next to each header in the article. You can <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Section#Editing_before_the_first_section" class="extiw" title="meta:Help:Section">edit the article lede</a> before the first section by appending <code>&section=0</code> to the URL. (See <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T2156" class="extiw" title="phab:T2156">T2156</a> and two JavaScript workarounds: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/Edit_Top" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Edit Top">1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/Add_edit_section_0" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/Add edit section 0">2</a>.) You can <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Section#Section_editing" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Section">insert a new section</a> either by using the "New section" link (if there is one) in the "Views" section, or by editing an existing section and explicitly adding a second header line within it. If you find a section that is itself too long to edit, you can post a request for assistance on the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:Help desk">help desk</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Section_length" title="Template:Section length">section length</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, returns the length of a given section, or the article</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Template_limits" title="Help:Template limits">Help:Template limits</a></li> <li><a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T248796" class="extiw" title="phab:T248796">Phab:T248796</a> (Mobile formatter breaks past 1000 images)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:LongPages" title="Special:LongPages">Special:LongPages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_series" title="Wikipedia:Article series">Wikipedia:Article series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Featured_articles_by_size" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Featured articles by size">Wikipedia:Database reports/Featured articles by size</a> (prose size and word count)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Long_pages" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Long pages">Wikipedia:Database reports/Long pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Long_stubs" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Long stubs">Wikipedia:Database reports/Long stubs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Talk_pages_by_size" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Talk pages by size">Wikipedia:Database reports/Talk pages by size</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_articles/By_length" title="Wikipedia:Featured articles/By length">Wikipedia:Featured articles/By length</a> (in bytes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Out_of_scope" title="Wikipedia:Out of scope">Wikipedia:Out of scope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Too_much_detail" title="Wikipedia:Too much detail">Wikipedia:Too much detail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Words_per_article" title="Wikipedia:Words per article">Wikipedia:Words per article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_better_articles#Stay_on_topic" title="Wikipedia:Writing better articles">Wikipedia:Writing better articles#Stay on topic</a></li> <li><span class="example" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">Preferences</a> → <a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets" title="Special:Preferences">Gadgets</a> → Browsing → <span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MediaWiki_checkbox_ticked.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Tick" 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style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> 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page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr 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