Template:Current
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This template displays the message above and adds the article to Category:Current events. The template is automatically removed by Yapperbot once an article has not been edited for five hours.
It may be used in tandem with {{Current event editnotice}} where applicable.
Usage
{{current}}
{{current|section}}
{{current||current election}}
Guidelines
- Every article on Wikipedia has a general disclaimer that the article contents may not be accurate.
- As an advisory to editors, the template may optionally be used on those extraordinary occasions that many editors (perhaps a hundred or more) edit an article on the same day (for example, in the case of natural disasters or other breaking news).
- It is not intended to be used to mark an article that merely has recent news articles about the topic; if it were, hundreds of thousands of articles would have this template, with no informational consequence.
- This and closely related templates are generally expected to appear on an article for less than a day, sometimes longer.
- If you would like an article on a significant current event to be noticed, please see Wikipedia:How the Current events page works and Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates.
Parameters
The template takes two positional (unnamed) and three named parameters; all are optional:
|1=– overrides the word article|2=– overrides the words current event|date=– use month name and year, e.g.,|date=May 2025.
Details
Date:
- Use month name and year only; for example:
|date=May 2025. If omitted, this will be added by a bot. Categorizes the page into a monthly sub-category of Category:Current events for ease of navigation and maintenance.
Examples
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{{current|section|date=May 2025}} | ||
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{{current||current election}} | ||
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{{current||tropical storm|date=May 2025}} | ||
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TemplateData
TemplateData for Current
Use this template to indicate that an article documents a current event, that information may change rapidly as the event progresses and that initial news reports may be unreliable.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
| Type of event | 2 | Text to replace "current event" in the template
| String | suggested |
| Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |
See also
- Wikipedia:Current event templates
- {{Currentdate}}
- {{Speculation}}
- {{In use}}
- {{Recentism}}
- {{Update}}