Template:BLP unsourced section

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Usage

This template is intended to be placed at the top of sections of articles about living persons that don't have any sources, and are therefore in need of immediate attention. It is a wrapper of the {{BLP unsourced}} template with wording changed to be appropriate for an individual section.

This template also includes support for using the date parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:Unreferenced BLPs and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first.

This template additionally adds the article to Category:BLP articles lacking sources. This allows editors who keep an eye on biographies and BLP concerns to quickly find articles in need of attention.

Articles with this template are not automatically added to Category:Living people or Category:Possibly living people.

To use this template, add {{BLP unsourced section|date=November 2024}} at the top of biographical sections with no references.

TemplateData

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TemplateData for BLP unsourced section

<TemplateData> { "description": "This template should only be added to indicate a section of a biography of a living person that does not contain any references.", "params": { "date": { "label": "Date", "description": "The date this template was added to the page. (Input: Monthname Year)", "type": "string", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "suggested": true } } } </TemplateData>

See also

• {{BLP sources section}} – for sections with insufficient sources
• {{BLP sources}} – for biographies of living persons (BLPs) that need additional references
• {{BLP more footnotes needed}} – for BLPs that include a list of sources or external links, but have insufficient inline citations
• {{BLP no footnotes}} – for BLPs that include a list of sources or external links, but have no inline citations at all
• {{BLP unverified}} – for stubbing inadequately referenced BLPs
• {{BLP IMDb refimprove}} – for BLPs that rely primarily or entirely on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) as a source
• {{BLP noticeboard}} – for BLP articles that are being discussed on the BLP noticeboard
• {{Like resume}} – for biographical articles that promote the subject

• Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
• Wikipedia:Verifiability

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