Template:Update section/doc
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Usage
Place {{Update section|date=April 2025}} on its own line at the top of the section, just below the heading.
Valid parameters are:
|date=|cat=|reason=|inaccurate=
Their meanings are exactly the same as for {{update|section}} when that is used with the same parameters.
TemplateData
<templatedata> { "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "type": "string", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "required": true, "description": "Provides the month and year of the update request; e.g., 'January 2018', but not 'jan18'." }, "cat": { "description": "Only required if a specific maintenance category is needed.", "type": "string" }, "reason": { "description": "Explanation of why the section is out of date.", "suggested": true, "type": "content" }, "inaccurate": { "description": "Use 'yes' if the article has inaccuracies due to being out of date.", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean" } }, "format": "inline", "description": "Use this tag to alert readers that a section of the article is out of date and may need updating." } </templatedata>
See also
- See Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup#Time-sensitive for alternatives related to out-of-date information.
- Template:Update
- Template:Expand section
- Template:Update inline