Template:Current election/doc

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

Guidelines

• Note that every article on Wikipedia has a General disclaimer indicating that the article contents may not be accurate.
• 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

Check main (article) namespace links

Usage

The template takes three parameters:

• Parameter 1 overrides the word "article"
• Parameter 2 overrides the words "a current election"
• Named parameter "date" categorizes into a monthly sub category for ease of maintenance. This will be added by a bot if omitted.

Examples

Code	Result
{{current election}}
{{current election|section|date=April 2024}}
{{current election| |a current referendum|date=April 2024}}

Template data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Current election in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Current election

This template generates a tag to indicate that the article documents a current event.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Type (typically section)	1	Something to replace "article" in the template, typically "section" Default article	String	optional
Type	2	Allows modification of the current link instead of displaying "a current election" Example Current Aviation Incident	String	suggested
Date	date	The month and year that the article is identified as current. Example May 2015	Date	required

See also

• Wikipedia:Current event templates
• {{Current event}}