Template:Update span

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This inline tag, like {{Update inline}}, is used to indicate that a small portion of an article (usually a sentence or paragraph) is in need of an update. In addition, it also highlights the text.

Usage

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

Example

Input:

{{Update span|Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.|reason=But they never mentioned it again...|date=March 2025}}

Result:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.^{[needs update ]}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Update span in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Update span

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
Text	`text` `1`	The text needing update	Content	suggested
Month and year	`date`	The date this template was added to the page Example January 2013 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	optional
?	`?`	Adds '?' to the end of template text and changes wording of caption to denote uncertainty. (Input: anything) Example yes Auto value `yes`	String	optional

{{By how much }} {{Definition }} {{Definition needed }} {{Example needed }} {{Example needed span }} {{Explain }} {{How }} {{How often }} {{Misquoted }} {{Quantify }} {{Specify }} {{Vague }} {{When }} {{Where }} {{Which }} {{Who else }} {{Why }} {{Year needed }}
Excessive	{{Overly detailed inline }} {{Duplication span }} {{Importance inline }} {{Relevance inline }} {{Undue weight inline }} {{Globalize inline }} {{Infobox clutter }}

Time-sensitivity

Verifiability

Dubious	{{Contradictory inline }} {{Disputed inline }} {{Dubious }} {{Dubious span }} {{Inconsistent }} {{Needs independent confirmation }} {{Speculation inline }}
Bare URLs	{{Bare URL inline }} {{Bare URL non-HTML }} {{Bare URL AV media }} {{Bare URL PDF }} {{Bare URL image }} {{Bare URL DOC }} {{Bare URL plain text }} {{Bare URL spreadsheet }}
Incomplete or broken citation	{{Author incomplete }} {{Author missing }} {{Date missing }} {{Dead link }} {{Edition needed }} {{Episode needed }} {{Full citation needed }} {{Incomplete short citation }} {{ISBN missing }} {{Moved resource }} {{Page needed }} {{Permanent dead link }} {{Place missing }} {{Publisher missing }} {{Season needed }} {{Time needed }} {{Title incomplete }} {{Title missing }} {{Unused source }} {{Volume needed }} {{Year missing }}
Missing or problematic reference	{{Additional citation needed }} {{Better source needed }} {{Better source needed example }} {{Check quotation }} {{Chronology citation needed }} {{Circular reference }} {{Citation needed }} {{Citation needed span }} {{Citation not found }} {{Close paraphrasing inline }} {{COI source }} {{Deprecated inline }} {{Excessive citations inline }} {{Failed verification }} {{Failed verification span }} {{Image reference needed }} {{Irrelevant citation }} {{Medical citation needed }} {{Medical citation needed span }} {{Nonspecific }} {{Not verified in body }} {{Obsolete source }} {{Page range too broad }} {{Primary source inline }} {{Promotional source }} {{Quote without source }} {{Request quotation }} {{Request quotation span }} {{Retracted }} {{Scientific citation needed }} {{Self-published inline }} {{Shallow reference inline }} {{Tertiary source inline }} {{Third-party inline }} {{Unreliable fringe source }} {{Unreliable medical source }} {{Unreliable source? }} {{Verify quote }} {{Verify source }}

Wording

General advice

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Usage

Example

TemplateData

See also