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This template is used to flag statements that are likely to become outdated by a specific future date. It is important to distinguish its use on other date-sensitive statements on Wikipedia, where date-sensitive information may require revision without a specific future date in mind. It remains invisible to readers until that date, when it appears and adds the page to Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating.

See the Wikipedia Manual of Style on chronological items, the editing guidelines on precise language and updating information, and Wikipedia:As of.

Usage

{{Update after|year|month|day|category|reason=...|text=...}} (all parameters are optional)

Parameters

Inappropriate use

Please read Wikipedia:Avoid statements that will date quickly, Manual of Style on chronological items, the editing guidelines on precise language and updating information, and Wikipedia:As of; use {{Update after}} only in exceptional cases. Do not use this template on pages which simply need to be reviewed later to see if they might need updating; it should only be used when there is a certainty or very high probability that an update is needed, or with statements that will be out-of-date at a specifiable future date. Do not use this template on talk pages; it is intended for inline usage, like {{Citation needed}}. It is probably not necessary to use this template on frequently edited articles such as for current events, as they will be being updated on a regular basis. Do not use this template within a section heading as it will count as part of the heading and thus break the heading.

Make sure to use numbers for all fields, or a message, "Expression error: Unexpected < operator" will appear.

Maintenance categories

TemplateData

Places an in-line note in an article that marks information as [dated] and in need of an update after a given time

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter Description Type Status Year 1 year

The year the template should activate, if not specified the template will activate immediately. Enter a four-digit year.

Number optional Month 2 month

The month the template should activate, if not specified the template will activate on 1 January of the following year. Enter the month as two digits, e.g. 06 for June.

Number optional Day 3 day

The day the template should activate, if not specified the template will activate on the first of the next month. Enter the day as two digits.

Number optional Category 4 category

Additionally add the article to another category (e.g. a WikiProject's maintenance category) when the template is activated. The category name must be specified without square brackets and without the "Category:" prefix. In addition to any category specified here, articles are automatically placed in [[Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating]] or one of its dated subcategories, when the date is specified. This parameter has no effect outside the main (article) namespace.

Line optional Reason reason

An optional note for future editors about what exactly needs to be changed or where to find the new information. Displayed in tooltip.

String optional Text text

Dated statement. Becomes highlighted when template activates; displayed normally before activation.

String optional Delay (by days) delay

Number of days to delay template activation.

Example
4
Number optional

Examples

Description Code Result

{{Update after}} immediately places an inline tag marking a passage as dated.

Some text that was already outdated when the tag was added.{{Update after}}

Some text that was already outdated when the tag was added.[needs update]

{{Update after|year|month|day}} would cause the tag to appear on the specified date. Before the specified date, the tag would not be displayed at all (but the template and its parameters would be visible when editing the page). If only a year, or year and month, is specified, the tag appears on the first day of the following year or month; 2025 implies 1 January 2026.

Some text that will be outdated after today.{{Update after|2025|05|10}}

Some text that will be outdated after today.

Some text that should be checked next year.{{Update after|2025}}

Some text that should be checked next year.

{{Update after|year|month|day|category}} also adds the article to the specified category (which should be specified without square brackets and without the "Category:" prefix).

Some text that will be outdated after today.{{Update after|2025|05|10|United States articles in need of updating}}

Some text that will be outdated after today.

An optional reason may be used as a comment to future editors.

Some text that should be checked.{{Update after|reason=check for population growth}}

Some text that should be checked.[needs update]

Dated statement may be included in the template using the |text= param.

{{Update after|text=Some text that should be checked.}}

Some text that should be checked.[needs update]

Effects

When the template is activated in an article, the phrase "needs update" appears in the text of the article at the indicated spot. The page will also appear in Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating or one of its dated subcategories, when the date is specified, and also any category specified in the 4th parameter.

See Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating for a list of pages currently needing updates, and Wikipedia:As of for a list of 'As of' pages.

See also


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