Thread:Aks6609/@comment-30882180-20170304001236/@comment-24761405-20170304005413

As characters can go several weeks, or even months without appearing onscreen their appearance number stays the same but the (as of Episode ?) goes out of date so although their appearances pages and numbers are up to date the as of part is out of date making it look like the wiki hasn't been updated. Adding the template means with just one edit of the template all of the as of dates get updated to show that the appearances are up to date without having to edit every characters page who didn't appear that week. It also makes updating the appearances numbers of characters who did appear that week slightly quicker too.

Aks