Category:Current events

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This category contains articles about things that are still happening. This means, in general, that there is a statement or section in the article mentioning a recent date. If your aim is to call attention to a particular article or topic, see Wikipedia:How the Current events page works.

To add an article to this category, tag it with {{current}} or {{current-section}}. Note that these templates were created to warn editors that the article in question is being editing today by many editors, and not particularly to note recent news.
Subject-specific templates for current events include:

For current sporting events, use {{current sport}}
For current video gaming events, use {{current game}}
For articles about recently deceased people, use {{recent death}}
For articles about recently convicted people, use {{recently convicted}}
For ongoing lawsuits, use {{ongoing lawsuit}}, criminal prosecutions should use {{current court case}}

For events in the slightly more distant future, use:

For films planned for future release, use {{Future film}}
For video games planned for future release, use {{Future game}}
For spaceflights planned in the future, use {{Future spaceflight}}
For elections planned in the future, use {{Future election}}
For software under development, use {{Future software}}
For infrastructure planned for construction, use {{Future infrastructure}}
For proposed legislation, use {{proposed law}} or {{Current bill}}}
Major current events:

Yasuo Fukuda

When used properly, it invites any user to fill in the Wiki community on the latest information about the subject of an article.

In order to keep this category relevant and usable, it is also important that events are removed when they are no longer current.