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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 }} ).
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.
The simplest example is someone who continued to reside in their country of origin: Daniel Boone (November 2, 1734 [O.S. October 22] – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman; The second example is someone who emigrated as a child and continued to identify as a citizen of their adopted country:
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.
Enter the name of the subject in the box below and click on "Create draft" to create your draft biography. Below is a preview of what will be created: Artist biography article template