Template talk:Current/doc

Appropriate use

Template:Current should be a signal to the reader that the article chronicles the development of a rapidly changing event, thus may not be up to date, and may be subject to revision as more complete understanding develops regarding the matter. Volume of editing is a factor also, but should not determine whether the template is appropriately used. Fred Talk 13:46, 15 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The history of the creation and use of the template demonstrate that the above suggestion is unworkable, as tens of thousands of topics or articles are in the news, and subject to change because they are "recent" or "current". The template was created for those rare events when some 200+ edits occur in a day, with many tens of editors interfering with each other's edits as they report on the media updates.
If it is your desire for the article to be visible to many readers, the best method is to suggest visibility on the main page, and take a look at Wikipedia:How the Current events page works.
The lede and citations to any article are far more able to fully describe the temporality of the text in the article, and actually inform the reader, and improve the content of the article. An article which receives perhaps 20 or 30 edits in a day by 10 or 15 editors is merely is an article with a modest editorial attention, a typical state of affairs for a Wikipedia article.
-- Yellowdesk (talk) 03:51, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Subjects which are on the front page of every major newspaper nearly every day and which are rapidly developing are current events regardless of the level of editing. Fred Talk 13:32, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Please keep in mind that this document covers guidelines for appropriate use of the template, not policy. It is inappropriate to override the editorial descretion of others who are interpreting a guideline. Fred Talk 13:33, 26 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]