Template:Update

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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This template can be used to mark articles or sections with old or out-of-date information.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=June 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||16 May 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}}

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

Article
Category
Template

{{Update|section}} comes out as:

Article
Category
Template

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}}

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• {{Update after}} is an alternative for individual statements that will be out-of-date at a specifiable future date.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• See Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Time-sensitive for alternatives unrelated to out-of-date information.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