The result was keep. The name has been sorted as per @Liz's note. Consensus appears clear to keep. Once this wave subsides and it's no longer a current event, this does not preclude an eventual merger but there isn't a consensus for one now. Star Mississippi 01:17, 23 April 2022 (UTC)
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This article has an unclear scope (the title states "March 2022" yet the body discusses events in February 2022 and April 2022), and there isn't enough content here to require a split from COVID-19 pandemic in Shanghai. It seems like this might be about a lockdown, but the sources don't seem clear about making this a separate topic from the overall pandemic in the area, which would make the existence of this page not in line with how the relevant events are covered in sources (effectively WP:SYNTH). Elli (talk | contribs) 20:13, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
The relevant guidelines are:
A content fork is the creation of multiple separate pieces of content (such as Wikipedia articles or inter-wiki objects) all treating the same subject. Content forks that are created unintentionally result in redundant or conflicting articles and are to be avoided, as the goal of a single source of truth is preferable in most circumstances. On the other hand, as an article grows, editors often create summary-style spin-offs or new, linked articles for related material. This is acceptable, and often encouraged, as a way of making articles clearer and easier to manage. Examples of this might be the cuisine of a particular region forking from an article about the region in general, a filmography forking from an article about an actor or director or a sub-genre of an aspect of culture such as a musical style.
There are two situations where spinoff subarticles become necessary, and, when done properly, they create the opportunity to go into much more detail than otherwise permissible:
- Articles where the expanding volume of an individual section creates an undue weight problem
- Large summary style overview meta-articles which are composed of many summary sections
In both cases, summary sections are used in the main article to briefly describe the content of the much more detailed subarticle(s).
Sometimes, when an article gets too long (see Wikipedia:Article size), an unduly large section of the article is made into its own highly detailed subarticle, and the handling of that subject in the main article is condensed into a brief summary section. This is completely normal Wikipedia procedure. The new subarticle is sometimes called a "spinoff" from the main article ("spinout" leads elsewhere); Wikipedia:Summary style explains the technique.
A page of about 10,000 words takes between 30 and 40 minutes to read at average speed, which is close to the attention span of most readers. Understanding of standard texts at average reading speed is around 65%. At 10,000 words (50 kB and above) it may be beneficial to move some sections to other articles and replace them with summaries per Wikipedia:Summary style – see Size guideline (rule of thumb) below.
Some useful rules of thumb for splitting articles, and combining small pages:
Readable prose size What to do > 100 kB Almost certainly should be divided > 60 kB Probably should be divided (although the scope of a topic can sometimes justify the added reading material) > 50 kB May need to be divided (likelihood goes up with size) < 40 kB Length alone does not justify division < 1 kB If an article or list has remained this size for over a couple of months, consider combining it with a related page. Alternatively, the article could be expanded; see Wikipedia:Stub. Please note: These rules of thumb apply only to readable prose and not to wiki markup size (as found on history lists or other means), and each kB can be equated to 1,000 characters.
Cunard (talk) 23:58, 10 April 2022 (UTC)
Cunard (talk) 06:17, 11 April 2022 (UTC)
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Sandstein 21:37, 15 April 2022 (UTC)