Wikipedia:Current and future event templates

Current and future event templates are designed to indicate that an article or a section is describing a current event, or a well-documented future event.

Current events
Current events templates are merely used to warn the editor or reader about the great flux of edits and the fast-changing state of the article, due to the fact that current events tend to get the most attention from editors.

Current events templates should be always be placed at the top of the article.

The template should be removed from the article when the event described is no longer featured in the news headlines.

Suggested templates
The main current event template is current. It adds the article into Category:Current events:

For sports events use current sport instead. It adds the article into Category:Current sports events:

For computer gaming events use current game instead. It adds the article into Category:Current video game events:

For legislation under consideration use current bill instead. It adds the article into Category:Current bills:

Future events
Future events templates indicate articles or sections that describe a well-documented scheduled or expected future event, and warn the reader about the speculative nature of the information.

Remember that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball: ''Wikipedia is not a collection of unverifiable speculation. All articles about future events must be verifiable, and the subject matter must be of sufficiently wide interest that it would merit an article if the event had already occurred''.

Suggested templates
The general future event template is future:

For future sporting events, use future sport:

For a future election, use future election or future election in the United States or future election candidate:

For a future album release, use future album:

For a future single release, use future single:

For a future film, use future film:

For a future television content, use future television

For a future television station, use future channel:

For a future radio station, use future radio:

For a future product, use future product

For a computer or video game, in production use future game:

For an upcoming music/arts festival, use future music festival:

For a building in construction, use future building

For an upcoming book, use future book

For upcoming software, use future software (or alpha software, beta software or gamma software)

For upcoming automobiles, use future automobile

For upcoming spaceflights, use future spaceflight

For upcoming infrastructure, use future infrastructure

For Anything else, use