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Description edit
This template is intended to facilitate updating Wikipedia articles which reference present-day facts which are subject to change. For example, an article might say
the Yotvingians lived near the river Narew in present-day Poland.
If the border of Poland change, this may need to be updated. Without changing the displayed article text, this sentence could be marked up as follows:
the [[Yotvingians]] lived near the river [[Narew]] in {{present-day||[[Poland]]|7 July 2021}}.the Yotvingians lived near the river Narew in present-day Poland.
If the borders of Poland change, this template can easily be modified to produce a warning message or a maintenance category that the statement needs to be checked and potentially updated.
Usage edit
- the Yotvingians lived near the river Narew in present-day Poland.
the [[Yotvingians]] lived near the river [[Narew]] in {{present-day||[[Poland]]|7 July 2021}}.
- the Yotvingians lived near the river Narew in the present-day country of Poland.
the [[Yotvingians]] lived near the river [[Narew]] in the {{present-day|country of|[[Poland]]|7 July 2021}}.
TemplateData edit
This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Present-day in articles based on its TemplateData.
TemplateData for Present-day
Template:Present-day is intended to facilitate updating Wikipedia articles which reference present-day facts which are subject to change.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Descriptive text | 1 | Any text you want between the words "present-day" and the real-world present-day entity referenced. | Content | optional |
| Present-day entity | 2 | A real-world present-day entity which is subject to change. Usually this is a Wikilink. | Content | required |
| Date | 3 | Date at which the statement was known to be true. | Date | required |
See also edit
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers § Statements likely to become outdated
- Wikipedia:As of
- Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch § Relative time references