Template:Empty section

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Usage

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly parameter usage report for this template.

TemplateData for Empty section

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", "See also" or "External links" section can safely be deleted.

{{Empty section}} puts articles into Category:Articles with empty sections and Category:Articles to be expanded.

Common form

{{Empty section|date=January 2026|section= }}

⧼templatedata-doc-param-name⧽		⧼templatedata-doc-param-desc⧽	⧼templatedata-doc-param-type⧽	⧼templatedata-doc-param-status⧽
Month and year	date	The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "March 2020" inserts the current month and year automatically. ⧼templatedata-doc-param-example⧽ January 2013 ⧼templatedata-doc-param-autovalue⧽ March 2020	⧼templatedata-doc-param-type-line⧽	⧼templatedata-doc-param-status-suggested⧽
Section number	section	The section number to be edited (or whatever the &section= parameter accepts).	⧼templatedata-doc-param-type-string⧽	⧼templatedata-doc-param-status-optional⧽
Make small	small	Anything except left: Uses an in-line default-sized message box. left (default): Uses smaller left-aligned message box designed for the head of sections. (See Template:Ambox/doc#The small parameters.)	⧼templatedata-doc-param-type-string⧽	⧼templatedata-doc-param-status-optional⧽

Format: inline

Test of raw TemplateData output:

<templatedata>{"format":"inline","description":"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\", \"See also\" or \"External links\" section can safely be deleted., , puts articles into Category:Articles with empty sections and Category:Articles to be expanded.","paramOrder":["date","section","small"],

"params":{ "date":{"suggested":true,"type":"line","description":"The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"March 2020\" inserts the current month and year automatically.","label":"Month and year","example":"January 2013","autovalue":"March 2020"},

"section":{"type":"string","description":"The section number to be edited (or whatever the  parameter accepts).","label":"Section number"},

"small":{"type":"string","description":"Anything except : Uses an in-line default-sized message box., ' (default): Uses smaller left-aligned message box designed for the head of sections. (See Template:Ambox/doc#The small parameters.)","label":"Make small"} }

}</templatedata>

Tracking categories

• Category:All articles to be expanded (0)
• Category:All articles with empty sections (0)

Redirects

• {{No content}}

See also

• {{Expand section}}