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 ===Statements likely to become outdated===
-{{Shortcut|MOS:DATED|MOS:EPHEMERAL|MOS:CURRENT}}
+:''See also: [[UniWiki:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Relative time references]], and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:As of|Wikipedia:As of]]''
-{{See also|Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch#Relative time references|Wikipedia:As of}}
-Except on pages updated regularly (e.g. [[Wikipedia:How the Current events page works|the "Current events" portal]]), terms such as {{!xt|now}}, {{!xt|currently}}, {{!xt|to date}}, {{!xt|so far}}, {{!xt|soon}}, and {{!xt|recently}} should usually be avoided in favor of phrases such as {{xt|during the 1990s}}, {{xt|since 2010}}, and {{xt|in August 1969}}. For current and future events, use phrases like {{xt|as of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} }} or {{xt|since the beginning of  {{CURRENTYEAR}} }} to signal the time-dependence of the information.
+Except on pages updated regularly, terms such as {{!xt|now}}, {{!xt|currently}}, {{!xt|to date}}, {{!xt|so far}}, {{!xt|soon}}, and {{!xt|recently}} should usually be avoided in favor of phrases such as {{xt|during the 1990s}}, {{xt|since 2010}}, and {{xt|in August 1969}}. For current and future events, use phrases like {{xt|as of {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} }} or {{xt|since the beginning of  {{CURRENTYEAR}} }} to signal the time-dependence of the information.
-Using {{tlx|as of|{{CURRENTYEAR}} }} will produce the text {{xt| {{as of| {{CURRENTYEAR}} }} }} and adds the article to a category flagging it for periodic review. A full date is specified with {{tlc|as of|{{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}} }}.<!--Just to be clear, when using {{as of}}, hard-code the current , year, month, or date e.g. {{as of|2016|02|15}} -- do //not// code {{as of| {{CURRENTYEAR}}|{{CURRENTMONTH}}|{{CURRENTDAY}} }}, which would (at best) defeat the purpose of {{as is}}, and (at worst) cause the internet to melt down in a cosmic infinite loop-->
-However, do not replace {{xt|since the beginning of 2005}} with {{tlc|as of|2005}} because some information (the {{em|beginning}} of 2005) would be lost; in such circumstances, use advanced features of {{t|as of}} such as {{tlx|as of|2005|alt{{=}}since the beginning of 2005}}.
+However, do not replace {{xt|since the beginning of 2005}} with {{xt|as of 2005}} because some information (the {{em|beginning}} of 2005) would be lost.
 Relative-time expressions are acceptable for very long periods, such as geological epochs: {{xt|Humans diverged from other primates long ago, but [[wikiquote:Samuel Butler (novelist)#legislature|only recently developed state legislatures]]. }}