Template:Update inline
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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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{{Update inline|date=April 2025}}
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{{Update inline|date=April 2025|?=yes}}
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{{Update inline|date=April 2025|reason=But they never mentioned it again...}}
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{{Update inline|date=April 2025|?=yes|reason=Does this still hold after so many years?}}
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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
TemplateData for Update inline
This template should only be added to indicate a sentence that needs to be updated based on recent events.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | date | The date this template was added to the page. (Input: Monthname Year)
| String | suggested |
| Reason | reason | Brief explanation of the reason why this template is placed, e.g. the event that renders accuracy of the claim questionable.
| String | suggested |
| ? | ? | Adds '?' to the end of template text, changes caption to denote uncertainty, and applies "potentially dated" maintenance categories. (Input: yes) | String | optional |
Aliases
The following templates are redirects and can be used in place of {{update inline}}:
- {{Update needed}}
- {{Updateneed}}
- {{Update-inline}}
- {{Updateme}}
- {{Updateneeded}}
- {{Oldfact}}
- {{Dated info}}
- {{Datedinfo}}
- {{Update small}}
- {{Update-small}}
- {{Needs update}}
- {{Outdated inline}}
- {{Outdated-inline}}
- {{Dated-inline}}
- {{Updateinline}}
- {{Outdated source}}
- {{Update-needed}}
- {{Needsupdate}}
- {{Needs update inline}}
- {{Needs update-inline}}
- {{Update source}}
- {{Old info}}
- {{And then what}}
See also
- {{Update inline span}}
- {{Update}}
- {{Update after}}
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