Template:Update/doc

Template:Tfm

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This template can be used to mark articles or sections with old or out-of-date information.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||24 October 2024}}

To mark a section, use:

{{Update|type=section}}

or alternatively, use the {{Update section}} template, which produces a warning that the section (rather than the article) is out of date.

Example

{{Update|documentation}}

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

Article
Category
Template

This template will add articles to Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating.

Alternatives

• If there is a dispute about the need for an update, an out-of-date article or section can be marked with {{Out of date}}.
• {{Update after}} is an alternative for individual statements that will be out-of-date at a specifiable future date.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• See Wikipedia:Template_messages/Cleanup#Time-sensitive for alternatives unrelated to out-of-date information.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

• {{Update inline}} - inline version
• {{Recentism}}
• {{Current}}
• {{Time-context}}
• {{When}}
• {{Updated}}
• {{As of}}
• {{Show by date}}
• {{Out of date}}
• {{Update section}}