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This template displays the message above and adds the article to [[:Category:Current events]]. The template is automatically removed by [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Yapperbot 2|Yapperbot]] once an article has not been edited for five hours.

It may be used in tandem with {{t|Current event editnotice}} where applicable.

==Usage==
{{tlc|current}}{{br}}
{{tlc|current|section}}{{br}}
{{tlc|current|{{zwsp}}|current election}}

===Guidelines===
* Every article on Wikipedia has a [[Wikipedia:General disclaimer|general disclaimer]] that the article contents may not be accurate.
* 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.
* If you would like an article on a significant current event to be noticed, please see [[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works]] and [[Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates]].
:''[{{fullurl:Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|limit=999&namespace=0}} Check main (article) namespace links]''

==Parameters==
The template takes two positional (unnamed) and three named parameters; all are optional:
* {{para|1}} – overrides the word ''article''
* {{para|2}} – overrides the words ''current event''
* {{para|date}} – use month name and year, e.g., {{para|date|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}.

=== Details ===

'''Date:'''
: Use month name and year only; for example: {{para|date|{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}. If omitted, this will be added by a [[WP:BOT|bot]]. Categorizes the page into a monthly sub-category of [[:Category:Current events]] for ease of navigation and maintenance.

==Examples==

{{cot|bg=lightgreen|align=left|1. {{tlc|current}}}}
{{current}}
{{cob}}

{{cot|bg=lightgreen|align=left|2. {{tlc|current|section|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}}
{{current|section|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
{{cob}}

{{cot|bg=lightgreen|align=left|3. {{tlc|current|{{zwsp}}|current election}}}}
{{current||current election}}
{{cob}}

{{cot|bg=lightgreen|align=left|4. {{tlc|current|{{zwsp}}|tropical storm|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}}}
{{current||tropical storm|date={{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
{{cob}}

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"description": "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.",
"format": "inline",
"params": {
"date": {
"label": "Month and year",
"description": "The month and year that the template was placed (in full). \"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\" inserts the current month and year automatically.",
"type": "line",
"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
"example": "January 2013",
"suggested": true
},
"2": {
"label": "Type of event",
"description": "Text to replace \"current event\" in the template",
"type": "string",
"example": "current aviation incident",
"suggested": true
},
"1": {
"label": "Affected area",
"description": "Text to replace the word \"article\", usually \"section\"",
"type": "string",
"autovalue": "section",
"example": "section"
}
},
"paramOrder": [
"date",
"2",
"1"
]
}
</templatedata>

==See also==
* [[Wikipedia:Current event templates]]
* {{tl|Currentdate}}
* {{tl|Speculation}}
* {{tl|In use}}
* {{tl|Recentism}}
* {{tl|Update}}

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[[Category:Temporal templates]]
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