Template:Update/doc
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Usage
This template can be used to mark articles or sections with old or out-of-date information.
To add the date when the tag was added, use:
{{Update|date=September 2024}}
To specify what parts of the article need updating, use the first unnamed parameter:
{{Update|Foo [[bar]] qux}}
To display the date of the last update, use the second unnamed parameter:
{{Update||10 August 2024}}
To mark a section, use:
{{Update|section|date=September 2024}}
To explain that the article now has inaccuracies, use |inaccurate=yes
:
{{Update|inaccurate=yes}}
To link to a particular section of the talk page where the update is being discussed, use |talk=Section
(or |talksection=Section
):
{{Update|talk=Section}}
Example
{{Update|documentation|date=September 2024}}
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The template detects which namespace it is used in and changes accordingly:
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This template will add articles to Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating.
For factual inaccuracies, stronger wording is used and articles will be added to Category:Articles with obsolete information.
{{Update|inaccurate=yes}}
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Alternatives
- {{Update after}} is an alternative for individual statements that will be out-of-date at a specifiable future date. It is a more recent and preferred alternative to Wikipedia:As of. It also adds articles to Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating.
- See Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Time-sensitive for alternatives unrelated to out-of-date information.
See also
- {{As of}}
- {{Current}}
- {{Recentism}}
- {{Show by date}}/{{subst:Show by}}
- {{Time-context}}
- {{Update inline}}
- {{Updated}}
- {{When}}
- {{Incomplete}}