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	Renders as
{{Update inline\|date=February 2025}}	^{[needs update]}
{{Update inline\|?=yes\|date=February 2025}}	^{[needs update?]}
{{Update inline\|reason=But they never mentioned it again...\|date=February 2025}}	^{[needs update]}
{{Update inline\|reason=Does this still hold after so many years?\|?=yes\|date=February 2025}}	^{[needs update?]}

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

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

This template should only be added to indicate a sentence that needs to be updated based on recent events.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	`date`	The date this template was added to the page. (Input: Monthname Year) Auto value `{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	suggested
Reason	`reason`	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.	String	suggested
?	`?`	Adds '?' to the end of template text and changes wording of caption to denote uncertainty (Input: yes)	String	optional