Teamplaid:As of/documentation

This is a documentation subpage for Teamplaid:As of.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original teamplaid page.

Ùsaid - Usage

The template {{As of}} is used to mark potentially dated statements, and will add an article to the appropriate hidden sub-category of Roinn-seòrsa:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. The date used for a given statement should be the date of the most recent reliable source (for currently valid statements), or the date on which the cited reference was produced (for example, when using census data). It should not be used for future dates (use {{Update after}} instead). This template should not be substituted.

Notes:

This template MUST NOT be used in infoboxes that emit a microformat, as its emitted date markup will conflict with that.
This template is not necessary within quotations, and use of the template in such cases should be avoided.

This template does not generate a visible hyperlink in text where it is used.

Usage guidelines

Using this template with values such as {{As of|now}} or variables such as {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}}} is equivalent to using "currently", which is generally against the precise language guideline.

Syntax

The template can be used in the following forms, with numeric date information:

{{As of|year}}

{{As of|year|month}}

{{As of|year|month|day}}

Leading zeroes are optional; e.g., {{As of|2024|11|1}} renders: As of 1 Samhain 2024^[update]

Please do not use {{As of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}}} or similar. That defeats the purpose of the template.

Several additional named parameters can also be used, including some non-numeric input (see below).

Paramadairean - Parameters

Required

year (first parameter) – must be in full numerical four-digit format (yyyy)

Optional

month (second parameter) – full, abbreviated, or two-digit numerical formats supported (01 indicating January, 02 February, etc., but also accepting Jan and January)
day (third parameter) – numerical two- or one-digit format only (dd or d)

Named

alt – optional; allows substitution of different wording and case for the visible text output (including the date). If present with no value defined, this parameter is ignored; if a value is defined, values for |df and |lc and |since parameters are ignored.
df – "date format", optional; allows use of American date format with |df=US. This only has an effect when the full |year|month|day format is also used.
lc – "lower case", optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |lc=y) gives lower case "as of date", for use mid-sentence.
since – optional; if given any value at all (e.g. |since=y) it changes "As of" to "Since". Use of |lc=y with |since=y gives "since date. Use of |alt= will replace the entire output, including the "Since", as it will with the default "As of".
pre – text to insert before the date, and after "[A|a]s of" or "[S|s]ince", e.g. |pre=the first week of used like this: {{As of|1997|pre=the first week of}} produces "As of the first week of 1997^[update]".
post – text (almost always punctuation) to insert between the date and the superscripted note that is displayed if the user has ".asof-Tag { display: inline !important; }," ".asof-Tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-Tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page .
For these users,
Teamplaid:Tnl no more bears were found

gives
"As of 24 dhen t-Samhain 2024,[update] no more bears were found"

(comma before the superscripted note)

while
Teamplaid:Tnl, no more bears were found

produces the undesirable result (contrary to WP:REFPUNC) with regard to the location of the comma:
"As of 24 dhen t-Samhain 2024[update], no more bears were found"

Note: the ^[update] Tag is a Tag that shows when url is not specified and the user has ".asof-Tag { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-Tag.update { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page. It contains a link to edit the page.

url – optional; adds an inline external link (hidden by default) suggesting a webpage for future editors to check for updates to the statement; use the full URL with no spaces.

Note: This will only show if the user has ".asof-Tag { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-Tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page. It will show as a hyperlinked ^[ref] Tag after the template. See Wikipedia:As of#Article maintenance.

Eisimpleirean - Examples

{{As of|2024}} – As of 2024

{{As of|2024|11}} – As of Samhain 2024

{{As of|2024|11|24}} – As of 24 Samhain 2024

{{As of|2024|11|24|df=US}} – As of Samhain 24, 2024

{{As of|2024|11|24|lc=y}} – as of 24 Samhain 2024

{{As of|2010|4|1|alt=as of the {{enUici|2010 United States Census}}}} – as of the 2010 United States Census

{{As of|2024|11|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/}} returns:

for logged in users, with links displayed (see Wikipedia:As of) – As of Samhain 2024^[ref]

for all other users – As of Samhain 2024

{{As of|2024|11|24|df=US|since=y}} – Since Samhain 24, 2024

{{As of|2024|11|24|lc=y|since=y}} – since 24 Samhain 2024

Maintenance categories

Roinn-seòrsa:Pages using As of template with unknown parameters (0)

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools.

As of

Use this template to mark potentially dated statements. It will add the article to a corresponding monthly or yearly hidden subcategory of Category:Articles containing potentially dated statements. This allows editors to catalogue statements that may become dated over time. It should not be used for statements mentioning future dates (use {{Update after}} instead).

Paramadairean na teamplaide[Stiùirich an TemplateData]
Is fhearr leis an teamplaid seo fòrmatadh nam paramadairean am broinn na loidhne.
Paramadair		Tuairisgeul	Seòrsa	Staid
Year	`1`	The year the statement is valid to (in full; yyyy) Ball-eisimpleir 2013	Àireamh	riatanach
Month	`2`	The month the statement is valid to. Full (January, january), abbreviated (Jan, jan) or numerical formats (01, 1) are supported. "01" provides the most consistency in wikitext, but all will be converted to "January" in articles and for categories. Ball-eisimpleir January, january, Jan, jan, 01, 1	Loidhne	molta
Day	`3`	The day the statement is valid to, in numerical format (01 or 1; both will be converted to 1). This will show to users, but it will not be used to categorise the article. Ball-eisimpleir 22	Àireamh	roghainneil
Date format	`df`	If a day has been specified, enter "US" or "us" here to use the US date format (January 1, 2013). The default format is 1 January 2013. Ball-eisimpleir US, us Luach fèin-obrachail `US`	Loidhne	roghainneil
Lowercase	`lc`	Enter any text here to make the first letter of the template lowercase. Ball-eisimpleir y Luach fèin-obrachail `y`	Loidhne	roghainneil
Alternative text	`alt`	Text to replace the "As of [date]". This will override the display of the template, but the values under month and year will still be used to categorise the article. Wiki markup is allowed. Ball-eisimpleir As of Christmas 2018	Susbaint	roghainneil
Since	`since`	Enter any text here to replace the text "As of" with "Since". Ball-eisimpleir y Luach fèin-obrachail `y`	Loidhne	roghainneil
URL	`url`	(Hidden by default) A URL containing future updates to the statement for other editors to check. This will only show if the user has ".asof-Tag { display: inline !important; }" or ".asof-Tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" added to their common.css page. It will show as a hyperlinked superscript "[ref]" Tag after the template. Enter the full URL with no spaces.	URL	roghainneil
Pre-text	`pre`	Text to be added before the date Ball-eisimpleir the first week of	Sreang	roghainneil
Post-text	`post`	Text to be added after the date, usually punctuation. Only necessary if the user wishes to ensure the punctuation/text is positioned before the superscript tags that are enabled by adding ".asof-Tag.ref { display: inline !important; }" to the commons.css page. Ball-eisimpleir .	Loidhne	roghainneil

Faic cuideachd - Also see

{{Category as of}}
{{Date}}
{{Show by date}}/{{subst:Show by}}
{{Start date and age}}
{{Update}}
{{Update after}}
{{Update inline}}
{{When}}
As of for details of dealing with statements that date quickly
Avoid statements that will date quickly for guidelines on using precise language when dealing with information that may date quickly
Roinn-seòrsa:Articles containing potentially dated statements and the accompanying {{As of}} template