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Because the {{WikiProject Biography}} template is used on almost two million pages, and that it puts a big strain on the servers every time it is updated (see the job queue), the template is currently protected and can be edited only by template editors and administrators.

If you would like to propose a change to this template:

• If the changes are significant, then discuss it on the talk page first.
• Test the changes in the Template:WikiProject Biography/sandbox and then request an edit to the template on the talk page.

Usage

Please note: This template should be transcluded as {{WikiProject Biography}} and not substituted, because it employs conditional code. Transclusion also allows easy updating of all the Project's talk pages without having to edit hundreds of thousands of pages. Many of these parameters place the talk page of the article into an appropriate category. A manually generated (though sporadically updated) list of all the categories used in this template is at Template:WikiProject Biography/category list.

Place this template on the talk page of biography articles.

Basic usage

If the person is living:

{{WikiProject Biography
| living=yes 
| class= <!--Start, Stub, etc.--> 
| listas= <!--see note below -->
}}

If the person is not living:

{{WikiProject Biography
| living=no 
| class= <!--Start, Stub, etc.--> 
| listas= <!--see note below -->
}}

• Note for most talk pages, the |listas= parameter will be formatted as "Surname, Given Names", but this is not always true in certain cultures. See WP:NAMESORT, , and for further details.

Extended usage

If you have a lot of time on your hands:

{{WikiProject Biography
| living = <!-- yes/no (MANDATORY FIELD) -->
| class = 
| listas = 
| a&e-work-group = 
| a&e-priority = 
| filmbio-work-group = 
| filmbio-priority = 
| military-work-group = 
| military-priority = 
| musician-work-group = 
| musician-priority = 
| peerage-work-group = 
| peerage-priority = 
| politician-work-group = 
| politician-priority = 
| royalty-work-group = 
| royalty-priority = 
| s&a-work-group = 
| s&a-priority = 
| sports-work-group = 
| sports-priority = 
| A-Class = 
| activepol = 
| attention = 
| auto = 
| blpo = 
| needs-discography = 
| needs-filmography = 
| needs-infobox = 
| needs-photo = 
| past-collaboration = 
| peer-review = 
| old-peer-review = 
}}

Parameters

Living people, active politicians and other BLP issues

• |living= Answer yes or no. If yes, this also affects the |needs-photo= parameter, to emphasize the fact that free images must be used. This parameter must be specified whether or not the person is living. In case of music bands or any other list of people that is under the scope of this WikiProject, the parameter should be set to "yes", if at least one of the people in that list is alive.
  • If |living=yes, this parameter adds {{BLP}} above WikiProject Biography and populates Category:Biography articles of living people.
  • Articles lacking this parameter are found in Category:Biography articles without living parameter.
• |activepol= Answer yes, if the article is about a currently active politician, otherwise remove this line.
  • This parameter adds {{Active politician}} above WikiProject Biography and populates Category:Active politicians.
  • It can only be used if |living=yes.
• |blpo= Answer yes, if the subject of the article is not a living person, but the article contains sensitive information about other living persons, otherwise remove this line.
  • This parameter adds {{BLP others}} above WikiProject Biography.
  • It can only be used if |living=no.

Note: The {{BLP}}, {{Active politician}} and {{BLP others}} banners will not be visible if WikiProject Biography is used within {{WikiProject banner shell}}, but the relevant categories will still be added. In such cases, these banners can still be added to a talk page by using the relevant parameters in {{WikiProject banner shell}}; please refer to that template's documentation for further instruction.

Any changes to the wording of these banners should be requested on the corresponding template talk page, not here.

Assessments

• • If left blank, this will default to Unassessed. This parameter populates the corresponding subcategories of Category:Biography articles by quality. Additional categories will be populated, if one or more work groups are specified.

• • This parameter is deprecated. Please use the priority parameters specific to the relevant project task forces instead.
  • Will add articles to Category:Biography articles with plain priority parameter and, if a project task force is specified, Category:Biography articles needing priority parameter replacement.

• • • Additional categories will be populated, if one or more work groups are specified.

Work groups

• • • If the article is about an actor or filmmaker, please use |filmbio-work-group=yes instead; if the article is about a musician, please use |musician-work-group=yes instead. Note: setting either |filmbio-work-group=yes or |musician-work-group=yes will cause |a&e-work-group=yes to be ignored.

Maintenance

• |needs-discography= Answer yes, if the article needs a discography section, otherwise remove this line.
  • This parameter populates Category:Musicians work group articles needing discographies, and can only be used if |musician-work-group=yes.
• |needs-filmography= Answer yes, if the article needs a filmography section, otherwise remove this line.
  • This parameter populates Category:Actors and filmmakers work group articles needing filmographies, and can only be used if |filmbio-work-group=yes.

• |needs-photo= Answer yes to request that a photograph or picture of the subject be added to the article, otherwise remove this line.
  • This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of people or relevant subcategories if one or more work groups are specified.

• |A-Class= Answer pass if the article has passed an A-Class review, or fail if the article has failed a review, otherwise remove this line.
  • |A-Class=pass populates Category:Successful requests for biography A-Class review.
  • |A-Class=fail populates Category:Failed requests for biography A-Class review.
  • Please note that the A-Class review department of WikiProject Biography is currently inactive. This parameter cannot be used to request a new review.

Listas

• • If left undefined, this parameter populates Category:Biography articles without listas parameter.

Special

The following parameters should not normally be used: ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ:WPBannerDoc

• core – set |core=yes if, and only if, the article is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Core biographies.
  • This parameter populates the categories listed here.

Tracking category

• ꯇꯦꯝꯄ꯭ꯂꯦꯠ:Category link with count

See also

• {{BLP}}

TemplateData

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Talk page banner for WikiProject Biography

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Living?	living blp BLP	Whether or not the person is living. Set to one of: ['yes', 'no'] Auto value no	Unknown	required
class	class	no description	Unknown	suggested
listas	listas	no description	Unknown	suggested
A&E work group	a&e-work-group	Within the scope of the arts and entertainment work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for A&E work group	a&e-priority	Priority for the arts and entertainment work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Filmbio work group	filmbio-work-group	Within the scope of the Actors and Filmmakers work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for A&E work group	filmbio-priority	Priority for the arts and entertainment work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Musician work group	musician-work-group	Within the scope of Musicians work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for filmbio work group	musician-priority	Priority for the Actors and Filmmakers work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Peerage work group	peerage-work-group baronets-work-group	Within the scope of the WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage	peerage-priority baronets-priority	Priority for the WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
military-work-group	military-work-group military-task-force	no description	String	optional
Priority for military work group	military-priority	Priority for the military biography work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Politician work group	politician-work-group	Within the scope of the politics and government work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for politician work group	politician-priority	Priority for the politics and government work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Royalty work group	royalty-work-group	Within the scope of the WikiProject Royalty and Nobility. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for royalty work group	royalty-priority	Priority for the WikiProject Royalty and Nobility. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
S&A work group	s&a-work-group	Within the scope of the science and academia work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for s&a work group	s&a-priority	Priority for the science and academia work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Sports work group	sports-work-group	Within the scope of the sports and games work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes	Unknown	optional
Priority for sports work group	sports-priority	Priority for the sports and games work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
A-Class	A-Class	no description	Unknown	optional
activepol	activepol	no description	Unknown	optional
Needs immediate attention?	attention	Indicate that the article needs immediate attention. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
auto	auto	no description	Unknown	optional
BLP others	blpo	Indicates that the subject of the article is not a living person, but the article contains sensitive information about other living persons. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
Needs discography?	needs-discography	Indicate that the article needs a discography section. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
Needs filmography?	needs-filmography	Indicate that the article needs a filmography section. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
Needs infobox?	needs-infobox	Indicate that the article needs an infobox. Remember that infoboxes are not suitable for all articles, and can overwhelm short articles. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
Needs photo?	needs-photo needs-image image-needed photo-needed image-requested	Indicate that the article would be improved by a photo related to the topic. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value yes	Boolean	optional
past-collaboration	past-collaboration	no description	Unknown	optional
peer-review	peer-review	no description	Unknown	optional
old-peer-review	old-peer-review	no description	Unknown	optional
small	small	no description	Unknown	optional
core	core	no description	Unknown	optional
category	category	no description	Unknown	optional
title	title	no description	Unknown	optional
priority	priority	no description	Unknown	optional
importance	importance	no description	Unknown	optional