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This template needs to be updated. Please help update this template to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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Contents

  • 1 Usage
  • 2 Example
  • 3 TemplateData
  • 4 Alternatives
  • 5 See also

Usage

This template can be used to mark articles or sections that have old or out-of-date information. Include the reason why an article needs updating, unless the reason is very obvious.

  • To specify what parts of the page need updating, use the first unnamed parameter (or name it |part= or number it |1=): {{Update|part=the later-life and death material and the [[#Legacy|Legacy]] section|date=July 2025}}
  • To use the template in one specific section, and change its wording to refer to the section instead of the page, use |section and insert the template at the top of the section: {{Update|section|date=July 2025}}
  • To display the date (in whatever format) of the last significant update to the page, use the second unnamed parameter (or name it |updated= or number it |2=): {{Update|updated=25 June 2025|date=July 2025}}
    Note: The parameter name or number must be used if the first numbered/unnamed parameter is not used.
  • To add the date when the tag was added (this is used for cleanup categorization), use: {{Update|date=July 2025}}
    You can also do: {{Update|{{subst:DATE}}}}
  • To explain that the article now has inaccuracies (not just missing information) due to being outdated, use |inaccurate=yes: {{Update|inaccurate=yes|date=July 2025}}
  • To link to a particular section of the talk page where the update is being discussed, use |talk=Section title (|talksection= and |discuss= are equivalent to |talk=): {{Update|talk=Shall we update this for 2025?|date=July 2025}}
  • To display a reason, use |reason=a short comment here, e.g. {{Update|reason=Is missing the July 2025 election results|date=July 2025}}
  • These parameters can be combined: {{Update|part=The [[#Production|Production]] section and follow-on material|reason=the film is released, so this needs a "Critical reception" section, too|inaccurate=yes|talk=Post-release updating|updated=April 2025|date=July 2025}}

Example

{{Update|documentation|date=July 2025}}

Parts of this template (those related to documentation) need to be updated. Please help update this template to reflect recent events or newly available information.

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

Article
This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2025)
Category
This category needs to be updated. Please help update this category to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2025)
Template
This template needs to be updated. Please help update this template to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2025)

{{Update|section}} produces:

Article
This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2025)
Category
Parts of this category (those related to section) need to be updated. Please help update this category to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2025)
Template
Parts of this template (those related to section) need to be updated. Please help update this template to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2025)

This template will add mainspace articles to Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating (this category is not populated by pages in other namespaces).

For factual inaccuracies, stronger wording is used and mainspace articles will be added to Category:Articles with obsolete information.

{{Update|inaccurate=yes}}

This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (July 2025)

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Update

Use this tag to alert readers that the article is out of date and may need updating.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
Type (section)part 1

Part that needs updating (e.g. to replace the word "article", often "section")

Default
article
Example
section
Auto value
Stringsuggested
Month and yeardate

Provides the month and year of the update request; e.g., 'January 2018', but not 'jan18'

Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Stringsuggested
Last updatedupdated 2

Date of last significant update

Dateoptional
Inaccurate?inaccurate

Use 'yes' if the article has inaccuracies due to being out of date.

Example
yes
Booleanoptional
Talk page sectiontalksection discuss talk

Section name on talk page where the discussion takes place

Stringoptional
Reasonreason

Explanation why the article is out of date

Contentsuggested
Demospacedemospace

Stringoptional
Catcat

Only required if a specific maintenance category is needed.

Stringoptional
Typetype

Type of page, overriding [[:mw:Help:Magic_words#Namespaces|SUBJECTSPACE]]

Example
article
Stringoptional

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

  • {{Update section}}
  • {{As of}}
  • {{Current}}
  • {{Missing information}}
  • {{Recentism}}
  • {{Show by date}}/{{subst:Show by}}
  • {{Time-context}}
  • {{Update inline}}
  • {{Updated}}
  • {{When}}
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