This inline tag is used to indicate that a small portion of an article (usually a sentence or paragraph) is in need of an update.

Usage

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Markup Renders as
{{Update inline|date=October 2024}}
{{Update inline|date=October 2024|?=yes}}
{{Update inline|date=October 2024|reason=But they never mentioned it again...}}
{{Update inline|date=October 2024|?=yes|reason=Does this still hold after so many years?}}

This template will add mainspace articles to Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating or Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements if the ? param is specified. Categories are not populated for pages in other namespaces.

TemplateData

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Update inline in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Update inline

This template should only be added to indicate a sentence that needs to be updated based on recent events.

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Datedate

The date this template was added to the page. (Input: Monthname Year)

Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Stringsuggested
Reasonreason

Brief explanation of the reason why this template is placed, e.g. the event that renders accuracy of the claim questionable.

Default
The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed.
Stringsuggested
??

Adds '?' to the end of template text, changes caption to denote uncertainty, and applies "potentially dated" maintenance categories. (Input: yes)

Stringoptional

Aliases

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The following templates are redirects and can be used in place of {{update inline}}:

Redirects to this template

See also

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