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The opening paragraph should usually have dates of birth and (when applicable) death. These dates (specific day–month–year) are important information about the subject, but if they are also mentioned in the body, the vital year range (in brackets after the person's full name) may be sufficient to provide context.
When a date is known to be either of two years (e.g. from a regnal or AH year conversion, or a known age at death): Anne Smith (born 1912 or 1913; died 2013) ... Other forms of uncertainty should be expressed in words, either in article text or in a footnote: April 14, 1224 (unattested date) .
When the date of birth is unknown. Genghis Khan (c. 1162 – August 18, 1227) When the date of birth is known approximately. Dionysius Exiguus (c. 470–c. 540) When dates of birth and death are known approximately. Rameses III (reigned c. 1180–c. 1150 BC) When only the dates of the reign are known and only approximately.
One comma between the day and year, and one comma after the year (unless some other puncutation follows the year). See Chicago Manual of Style, Section 6.46: "In the month-day-year style of dates, the style most commonly used in the United States and hence now recommended by Chicago, commas are used both before and after the year.
a.k.a. 9/11 – several options for the name of this page were considered (and the page has a high number of redirects pointing towards it); however, the final choice of the page name does not necessarily set a "standard" for formatting page names containing a date. Triple J Hottest 100, 1989; Triple J Hottest 100, 1990; etc.
The comma-free approach is often used with partial quotations: The report observed "a 45% reduction in transmission rate". A comma is required when it would be present in the same construction if none of the material were a quotation: In Margaret Mead's view, "we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities" to enrich our culture.
Birth date. For accurate results, if year and month only was specified for death date, year and month should be specified for birth date (that is, the degree of precision should be in agreement). Julian dates may be used, but both Death and Birth dates must be on the same calendar. – (optional) 3: The death date to display.
This guideline contains conventions on how to name Wikipedia articles about individual people. It should be read in conjunction with Wikipedia's general policy on article naming, Wikipedia:Article titles, and, for articles on living or recently deceased people, also in conjunction with the Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons policy, which explicitly also applies to article titles.