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This template displays the message above and adds the article to Category:Current events. The template is automatically removed by Yapperbot once an article has not been edited for five hours.
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As an advisory to editors, the template may optionally be used on those extraordinary occasions that many editors (perhaps a hundred or more) edit an article on the same day (for example, in the case of natural disasters or other breaking news).
It is not intended to be used to mark an article that merely has recent news articles about the topic; if it were, hundreds of thousands of articles would have this template, with no informational consequence.
This and closely related templates are generally expected to appear on an article for less than a day, sometimes longer.
The template takes two positional (unnamed) and three named parameters; all are optional:
|1= – overrides the word article
|2= – overrides the words current event
|date= – use month name and year, e.g., |date=January 2025.
Details
Date:
Use month name and year only; for example: |date=January 2025. If omitted, this will be added by a bot. Categorizes the page into a monthly sub-category of Category:Current events for ease of navigation and maintenance.
Examples
1. {{current}}
This article documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.
2. {{current|section|date=January 2025}}
This section documents a current event. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.
3. {{current||current election}}
This article documents a current current election. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.
4. {{current||tropical storm|date=January 2025}}
This article documents a current tropical storm. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses.
Use this template to indicate that an article documents a current event, that information may change rapidly as the event progresses and that initial news reports may be unreliable.
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter
Description
Type
Status
Month and year
date
The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
Example
January 2013
Auto value
{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}
Line
suggested
Type of event
2
Text to replace "current event" in the template
Example
current aviation incident
String
suggested
Affected area
1
Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
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