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=April 2026}}
{{Update inline|date=April 2026|?=yes}}
{{Update inline|date=April 2026|reason=But they never mentioned it again...}}
{{Update inline|date=April 2026|?=yes|reason=Does this still hold after so many years?}}

This template will add mainspace articles to Category:Wikipedia articles in need of updating or Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements if the ? param is specified. Categories are not populated for pages in other namespaces.

TemplateData

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, changes caption to denote uncertainty, and applies "potentially dated" maintenance categories. (Input: yes)	String	optional

Aliases

The following templates are redirects and can be used in place of {{update inline}}:

Redirects to this template

• Template:Update needed (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Updateneed (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Update-inline (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Updateme (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Updateneeded (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Oldfact (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Dated info (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Datedinfo (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Update small (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Update-small (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Needs update (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Outdated inline (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Outdated-inline (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Dated-inline (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Updateinline (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Outdated source (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Update-needed (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Needsupdate (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Needs update inline (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Needs update-inline (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Update source (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Old info (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:And then what (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Nu (redirect page) (links | edit)
• Template:Needs updating (redirect page) (links | edit)

See also

• {{Update span}}
• {{Update}}
• {{Update after}}

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Update inline/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.