Place this template at the beginning of article sections that need expansion, after that section's title. You can use this template in the Main/Article or Wikipedia namespaces.
As of August 2016[update], this template only uses the "article message box" (Ambox) style; this will be fixed in the future.
Recommended use is with a talk page link explaining what is needed and especially any justification for your judgement.
Note: {{sect-stub}} is a shortcut used for consistency with other cleanup templates.
{{Expand section | 1 = (or with= or for=) | section = (section number) | small = no (default is "yes") | talksection = (link with NO brackets, "[[]]"; displays only if small=no) | date = Month YYYY | period = <!--no--> (included after the input for "1=" from above by default - use this only in instances where terminal punctuation should be placed before a reference) }}
or inline short form
{{Expand section | 1 = (or with= or for=) | section = (section number) | small = no (default is "yes") | talksection= (or talk= or discuss=) | date= }}
This template may be used without parameters, and a BOT will add the date when necessary.
|date=
parameter. This will add the page to a sub-category sorted by date used (see the Categorisation section of this page for more information:{{Expand section|date=November 2020}}
{{Expand section|{{subst:DATE}}}}