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

Markup [[:Template:	Renders as
{{Update inline|date=August 2025}}
{{Update inline|date=August 2025|?=yes}}
{{Update inline|date=August 2025|reason=But they never mentioned it again...}}
{{Update inline|date=August 2025|?=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

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

<TemplateData> { "description": "This template should only be added to indicate a sentence that needs to be updated based on recent events.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "The date this template was added to the page. (Input: Monthname Year)", "type": "string", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "suggested": true }, "reason": { "label": "Reason", "description": "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.", "type": "string", "required": false, "suggested": true }, "?": { "label": "?", "description": "Adds '?' to the end of template text, changes caption to denote uncertainty, and applies \"potentially dated\" maintenance categories. (Input: yes)", "type": "string", "required": false } } } </TemplateData>

Aliases

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

Redirects to this template

See also

• {{Update inline span}}
• {{Update}}
• {{Update after}}

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