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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.
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 }} ).
English: A simplified version of the instructions page for creating a Wikipedia biography page, including a ticklist of steps to work through and an example page on the reverse with annotations explaining the sections of a page.
Biography portal; 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.
Non-English titles are most often translated into English, but this is left to editorial discretion and may be conventionalized across a category, based primarily on usage in English-language reliable sources (e.g., recipients of German knighthoods like Robert Ritter von Greim are not translated into "Sir Robert Greim", and are usually rendered ...
Sample article layout (click on image for larger view) This guide presents the typical layout of Wikipedia articles, including the sections an article usually has, ordering of sections, and formatting styles for various elements of an article. For advice on the use of wiki markup, see Help:Editing; for guidance on writing style, see Manual of ...
Talk page banner for WikiProject Biography Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers inline formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status A&E work group a&e-work-group Within the scope of the arts and entertainment work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value yes Boolean optional Priority for A&E work group a&e-priority Priority for the arts and ...
It is unnecessary to include braces, quotation marks or other wiki-markup in the template. The |text= field does allow the use of wiki-markup at the contributor's discretion. image - Places an image relating to the subject of the article on the left side of the section. size - Sets the image size, if left out or left blank it will default to 250px.