Current

The word current usually implies a flow or movement. There are several uses of the word in English (language): * An Current_(electricity) * A Current (water) of water or other fluid (including air; see wind); particularly, an ocean current. * An adjective meaning ''recent'' or up-to-date, as in ''current affairs'' or ''his information is current and correct''. * Current TV, a cable television network * ''Current (newspaper)'' is a newspaper about the public broadcasting industry * KCMP is a radio station known as "The Current".

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This template is based on :template:message box ==Old/unsorted Discussion== Is this really useful? For major events Wikipedia is one of the most consistently up to date sources on the Internet, so why should we mark our information as possibly being out of date while news organizations do not? The time the article was last updated is clearly displayed no more should be needed. Also little thinking seems to have gone into what should be marked as a current or ongoing event. Random people have been tagged. Should all athletes like Eric Gagn� or Jos� Mourinho be marked? Should all politicians? Should every living person? What about politics? The U.S. presidential election, 2004 is marked, but George W. Bush is not. The Alliance of the Democratic Left is marked, but no other political parties. Should they all political parties be marked as being possibly out of date? - User:SimonP 03:30, Jun 21, 2004 (UTC) :It's currently being used on 2004 Atlantic hurricane season where being a few ''hours'' out of date can potentially be significant. -- User:Cyrius|User talk:Cyrius 17:51, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC) :I think general policy is that ''event'' articles, like specific hurricanes, or specific articles on US elections get marked, while we don't generally tag fields of science, people etc. User:Sverdrup 01:22, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC) Please, people, the templates are no place for political garbage. : Concur. Vandalizing won't get you any votes, but will only get you banned. – User:Kaihsu 21:11, 2004 Nov 2 (UTC) :: I've protected it temporarily - I suggest that we keep protection in place until after the election. There really is no good reason that I can think of for non-sysops to be editing this template in the meantime. -- User:ChrisO 21:37, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC) ==Policy for using == There's been a bit of discussion about when this tag should be used in an article. As the original creator, let me give some background about why this was created in the first place. The tag was created in response to the mess that happened following the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks. As the event was happening, the page went through hundreds of edits at the very beginning as news reports and such were added to the article. Several of us had to act as traffic cops just to make sure that people weren't tripping over everybody else's edits. The tag was created for two reasons: # So that users would know that the article was undergoing major revisions as events were happening. # So that editors would know the same so that they could keep that in mind if/when they decided to add to or edit the article. It was originally designed for short-term use as a warning for editors and readers if an event was occurring right that very second (or very, very recently). It was not intended for general use over the span of weeks or months for a long-term, ongoing event that would experience little editing during the event (like Eric Gagne's save streak, which would only be altered ''at most'' once per day). Therefore, I would propose that this tag be limited in its usage to current event articles that will likely experience numerous edits in a short period of time. In this way, the article will follow what the tag says: "Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. User:RadicalBenderUser talk:RadicalBender 23:25, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC) ==Congrats== Congratulations to the illuminated ones for using the Template:Message box, which I created, and was much criticized in its time. --User:Cantus…User talk:Cantus 01:12, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC) == Category name == Shouldn't that be :Category:Current events, in line with most categories having names in the plural? -- User:Paddu 14:52, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC) ::Yup. I think I'll fix it now. User:Ludraman (User talk:Ludraman[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Ludraman&action=edit§ion=new am�n]) 11:17, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC) == Proposal: Add link to history == How about adding a link to the history page? This would be a useful reminder to assess the credibility of statements by checking how recently they have been added and if there is an edit war going on. User:SebastianHelm 07:05, 2005 Mar 16 (UTC) == Background Color == The background color looks sickly pale right now - maybe light gray? Light blue?-User:Grick 05:43, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC) ==Wording== I've often seen people remove this template from articles about people or places on the grounds that they are not "events" and cannot be said to be "ongoing". I've changed the wording slightly so as to make it possible to use this template on such pages without it looking strange. — User:Trilobite User_talk:Trilobite 21:33, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC) ==Removal of unnecessary tags== I've started to remove this template from articles that do not require them. Since tags clutter the top of the page and are more useful to editors than readers, they should only be used when necessary. As explained above, this tag is appropriate for ''"current event articles that will likely experience numerous edits in a short period of time"''. Examples of articles where this template should be used (as of 7 Apr 2005): Pope John Paul II, Papal conclave, 2005 and UK general election, 2005. User:Carbonite | User talk:Carbonite 03:41, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC) ==See also== Template:current-short == Template:flux == Shouldn't be merged somehow with this one? I think they're redundant. — User:Mark Dingemanse User Talk:Mark Dingemanse 22:13, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC) :(That was a crosspost from Template talk:Flux, everyone please join the discussion there...) — User:Mark Dingemanse User Talk:Mark Dingemanse 22:18, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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