Template:Update/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Update.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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Uses Lua:

Module:Unsubst

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This template can be used to mark articles or sections with old or out-of-date information.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=November 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||21 October 2024}}

To mark a section, use:

{{Update|section}}

To explain that the article now has inaccuracies, use |inaccurate=yes:

{{Update|inaccurate=yes}}

Example

{{Update|documentation}}

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Parts of this template (those related to documentation) are outdated. Please update this template to reflect recent events or newly available information.

The template detects which namespace it is used in and changes accordingly:

Article

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{{Update after}} is an alternative for individual statements that will be out-of-date at a specifiable future date.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See Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Time-sensitive for alternatives unrelated to out-of-date information.