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This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help improve the article by updating it. There may be additional information on the talk page.
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Contents

  • 1 Usage
    • 1.1 Formatting
  • 2 Alternatives
  • 3 See also

Usage

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This template was created to deal with articles and sections in which the factual accuracy of the article may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Standard formatting is {{Out of date|article}}.

This template will add articles to Category:Articles with obsolete information.

Formatting

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The default word "article" is replaceable, for example with "table" or "section": {{Out of date|table}} produces:

This table's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help improve the article by updating it. There may be additional information on the talk page.

A date parameter can also be used to inform other editors of the time the tag has been in place: {{Out of date|article|date=August 2025}} produces:

This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help improve the article by updating it. There may be additional information on the talk page. (August 2025)

Alternatives

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  • If there is no dispute about the need for an update, an out-of-date article or section can be marked with Template:Update.
  • Template:Update after is for individual statements that will be out-of-date at a specifiable future date. It now links to the same category that Template:Update does, once the specified date has passed.
  • Template:As of is for individual statements that may become out-of-date at an unknown future date. It categorises statements by the date from which the statement originated.
  • Disputes unrelated to the age of a reference or statement can make use of templates such as
    • Template:Controversial
    • Template:Disputed
    • Template:Disputed-section
    • Template:POV
    • Template:POV-section
    • Template:POV-check
    • see also: Wikipedia:Resolving Disputes/Templates

See also

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  • Template:Update

dsb:Pśedłoga:Aktualizuj hsb:Předłoha:Aktualizuj no:Mal:Utdatert sk:Šablóna:Aktualizovať

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Out of date/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
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Last edited on 26 August 2011, at 11:04

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