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This is a documentation subpage for Template:Current election.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should not be substituted.

This template uses Lua:

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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 a few days; 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"
Parameter 3 overrides the word "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=November 2024}}

{{current election| |a recent election|date=November 2024}}

{{current election| | |referendum|date=November 2024}}

Template data

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TemplateData for Current election

<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 \"a current election\"", "example": "a current referendum", "type": "string", "default": "a current election" }, "3": { "label": "Election type", "description": "Overrides the word \"election\"", "example": "referendum", "type": "string", "default": "election" }, "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.", "format": "inline" } </templatedata>