Wikipedia:Avoid statements that will date quickly: Difference between revisions

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That said, it sometimes suits the article to include time-sensitive statements that will need to be updated in the future.

The [[Wikipedia:As of|As of]] mechanism helps us to include current and timely information with less risk that someone browsing the Wikipedia in 2009 will read an article about that new album that is due in spring of 2004...

A link to [[As of 2005]] will redirect to the 2005 page, acting the same as a [[2005]] link. However, once redirected, you can click the subtitle "(Redirected from As of 2005)" to return to the actual "As of 2005" article, and from there you can use the "What links here" link to find pages that may need updating.

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The "As of" would link to [[As of 2009]] while the "2005" does not link. The link to [[As of 2009]] means that near the end of 2009 or the beginning of 2010, someone can go to [[As of 2009]] and use the "What links here" link to see a list of articles that need reviewing.

A newer mechanism, under development, is [[Template:Update after]]; it fixes many of the problems with [[Wikipedia:As of|As of]].

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