Template:Current disaster

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 This article documents a current disaster. Information regarding it may change rapidly as it progresses.
Though this article is updated frequently, it may not reflect the most current and/or official information about this disaster.
[edit] Template documentation
This documentation is transcluded from Template:Current disaster/doc. (edit | history)

[edit] Guidelines

  • This template was created for those occasions that many editors (perhaps a hundred or more) edit an article on the same day, as an advisory to editors.
  • It is intended for use on articles for large disasters such as severe weather where offical information should be consulted instead of Wikipedia exclusively. This template reminds readers that Wikipedia information may not be up-to-date and to consult secondary and primary sources instead.

[edit] Usage

The template takes five optional parameters

  • event overrides the type of event, such as hurricane for instance.
  • severity adds an adjective in front of the initial disaster name, for something like a "major earthquake".
  • areas specifies a warning for situations where information in the article may not be applicable for all areas (such as during weather events), please add this with "for all areas" as the option.
  • name overrides in a name for the event, most common on storms. It is placed in front of the current event wikilink.
  • time overrides the "current" word for another word, like "recent".
  • link removes link to Portal:Current events.