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This template displays the tag above and adds articles to [[:Category:Current events]] or one of its dated subcategories.

===Guidelines===
:*Note that every article on Wikipedia has a [[Wikipedia:General disclaimer|General disclaimer]] indicating that the article contents may not be accurate.
:* As an advisory to editors, the template may optionally be used in 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.
:* Generally it is expected that this template and its closely related templates will appear on an article for less than a day; occasionally longer.
:* If you desire that an article be noticed as a topic about or related to a significant current event, see [[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works]], and also [[Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates]]
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===Usage===
The template takes three parameters:
* Parameter 1 overrides the word "article"
* Parameter 2 overrides the words "current event"
* Named parameter "date" categorizes into a monthly sub category for ease of maintenance. This will be added by a [[WP:BOT|bot]] if omitted.

====Examples====
{{Template:Current/examples}}

===Template data===
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<templatedata>
{
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Type (typically section)",
			"description": "Something to replace \"article\" in the template, typically \"section\"",
			"type": "string",
			"default": "article"
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Type",
			"description": "Allows modification of the current link instead of displaying \"Current Event\"",
			"example": "Current Aviation Incident",
			"type": "string",
			"suggested": true
		},
		"date": {
			"label": "Date",
			"description": "The month and year that the article is identified as current.",
			"example": "May 2015",
			"type": "date",
			"required": true
		}
	},
	"description": "This template generates a tag to indicate that the article documents a current event."
}
</templatedata>

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

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