What!? You can do that!? Is that even legal!?

Yep! Totally legal, BUT ⇒ under certain conditions. Here’s when it becomes legal to perform the sacred ritual of page-splitting:

• The page length exceeds 20,000 bytes (check via “Page information” on “more action” card).

  

  

• The page includes three out of four major sections: Profile (keep this section on the main page with affiliation & collaboration projects, commercially featured works, trivia, external links, etc) , Songlist (under Songs subpage), Discography, and Media.

• At least two editors or visitors have reported that the page feels laggy, slow, or just generally cursed (≥2 editors/visitors). You can also invite someone to open the page and vibe with the laggy sensation together.

Then, ark-sama, how do we know when a page is laggy enough to deserve The Split Ritual?

Excellent question, fellow editor! Here are some indicators that sign that “ah, the time has come…”

• The page includes multiple Album templates (Album boxes) with over 10 tracks each, or uses tabbers with more than two tabs.

  

  OR

  

  The example above might look a bit... excessive 💀

  BUT, it is what it is 🙃

• You, yes you, experience visible lag**:** the scroll stutters, edit preview takes ages, or the section editor refuses to load.

• The source editor takes longer than 10 seconds to open or makes your browser ded 🪦

• The page’s transclusion count (templates, infoboxes, galleries, etc.) exceeds 50. At that point, are you making a page… or building a mini wiki inside the wiki? 🗿

• The VisualEditor crashes or freezes when trying to open the page.

Yep, that’s all. This will be on the exam. So, be prepared~! :soraneko_sinister:

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