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Refer to [[LPedia: Templates]] for templates using other file formats or multiple formats. | Refer to [[LPedia: Templates]] for templates using other file formats or multiple formats. | ||
For documents which are part of a series that continues to be updated, a note can be added that an older version is not current, with a link to a list of other versions in case the reader actually wants the current one. The main examples of documents of this type are platforms and bylaws. | |||
To add such a note, use the "DocNotCurrent List" template. For example, in an old version of the California Platform, insert the following at the top: | |||
<blockquote> | |||
<nowiki>{{DocNotCurrent List|Index of Libertarian Party of California Platforms}}</nowiki> | |||
</blockquote> | |||
There will typically already be an article that contains a list of the versions of such a document over time. (If there isn't one, make one!) | |||
The purpose of this is to avoid confusion if somebody stumbles across an old version, and doesn't realize it isn't the current one. Such a note need not be added (and should not be added) to documents which by their nature obviously relate only to some date in the past, e.g., meeting minutes. | |||
===References to Documents in Encyclopedia-Style Articles=== | ===References to Documents in Encyclopedia-Style Articles=== | ||