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Wikipedia is not a soapbox for individuals to espouse their views. However, views held by politicians, writers, and others may be summarized in their biography only to the extent those views are covered by reliable sources that are independent of the control of the politician, writer, etc.
The lead section should summarise with due weight the life and works of the person. When writing about controversies in the lead section of a biography, relevant material should neither be suppressed nor allowed to overwhelm: always pay scrupulous attention to reliable sources, and make sure the lead correctly reflects the entirety of the article.
This is a documentation subpage for Template:Biography. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{ subst:Biography }} ).
This template should always be substituted (i.e., ... The following is a sample layout for biographical articles. ... Template:WikiProject Biography for talk page Bio ...
born - Adds the person's birth date, format is at contributor's discretion. Requires the name field. died - Adds the person's death date, format is at contributor's discretion. Requires the born and name fields. text - A brief summary of the subject. link - Sets the link in the Read more... that points to the full article. Required.
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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion .
Place a stub template at the very end of the article, after the "External links" section, any navigation templates, and the category tags. As usual, templates are added by including their name inside double braces, e.g. {{Philippines-bio-stub}} .