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== Usage ==
For use in [[Wikipedia:Editnotice|editnotices]] on pages on current events, or whose subjects are currently in the news (such as for having recently died). Similar to {{t|current}} but in editnotice form. Should not be indiscriminately applied to all current events, only ones attracting a decent amount of edits that this would be useful, particularly those attracting attention from new users or from IP editors who may be unfamiliar with basic editing guidelines.

Please specify a {{para|expiry}} parameter, ideally within a few days. As a general guideline, two weeks (14 days) should be enough time for any given current event to pass, unless there is a credible reason to keep the template up longer (for example, to account for autopsies of the dead or the aftermath of a major storm). In rare or extraordinary circumstances, the parameter may be left blank if consensus for this approach is judged to be needed to adequately address a given current event (such as a pandemic).

Pages using this editnotice appear in [[:Category:Pages with current event editnotice‎]], sorted by expiry. Transclusions without an expiry have a sortkey of {{code|~}}, though note that these should not exist and an expiry date should either be added or the editnotice removed.

==Variable display==
For users who are not [[WP:extended confirmed|extended confirmed]], two additional bullet points appear at the top:{{tq2|
*Information must be '''[[Help:Introduction to referencing with Wiki Markup/1|cited to reliable sources]]''' or it will be removed.
*Information must be presented from a '''[[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]]'''.
}}

If the article has been edited in the past 20 minutes, an additional bullet point appears:{{tq2|
*Please consider '''[[WP:SECTIONEDIT|only editing the section you wish to change]]''', rather than the whole page.
}}

==Parameters==
<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"expiry": {
"description": "date when the editnotice will stop displaying",
"type": "date",
"autovalue": "{{subst:#time:Y-m-d|+ 2 weeks}}",
"suggested": true
},
"custom_start": {
"label": "custom start text",
"description": "custom text for a bullet point at the top",
"type": "line"
},
"custom_end": {
"label": "custom end text",
"description": "custom text for a bullet point at the bottom",
"type": "line"
}
},
"description": "Editnotice for articles on current events"
}
</templatedata>

===See also===
*{{t|Current}}
*{{t|Recent death}}
{{Editnotice templates}}

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