Template:BLP unsourced section/doc

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It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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=December 2024}} at the top of biographical sections with no references.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. Click here to see a monthly parameter usage report for this template based on this TemplateData.

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>

{{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

v t e Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates
Sourcing	{{Circular}} {{Excessive citations}} {{Expand with relevant sources}} {{Further reading cleanup}} {{More citations needed}} {{More citations needed section}} {{More footnotes needed}} {{No footnotes}} {{One source}} {{One source section}} {{Only primary sources}} {{NRIS-only}} {{Partisan sources}} {{Primary sources}} {{Refexample}} {{Refexample section}} {{Religious text primary}} {{Self-published}} {{Self reference cleanup}} {{Sources exist}} {{Text-source}} {{Third-party}} {{Unreferenced}} {{Unreferenced section}} {{Unreliable sources}} {{Uncited category}} {{User-generated}}
BLP-specific	{{BLP unsourced}} {{BLP unsourced section}} {{BLP primary sources}} {{BLP self-published}} {{BLP sources}} {{BLP sources section}} {{BLP IMDb-only refimprove}} {{BLP IMDb refimprove}} {{BLP no footnotes}} {{BLP more footnotes needed}} {{BLP one source}}
Topic specific	{{Localist}} {{Media IMDb refimprove}} {{More medical citations needed}} {{More science citations needed}} {{Neologism}} {{Science review}} {{Unreferenced-law}} {{Unreferenced-law section}} {{Unreferenced-medical section}}
Dispute-related	{{Cite check}} {{Cite check section}} {{Content}} {{Disputed}} {{Dispute about}} {{Disputed section}} {{Expert needed}} {{Hoax}} {{Original research}} {{Original research section}} {{Speculation}} {{Speculation section}} {{Synthesis}} {{Verifiability}} {{Verify sources}}
Citation improvements	{{Bad linked references}} {{Citation style}} {{Citations broken}} {{Cleanup bare URLs}} {{Format footnotes}} {{Full citations needed}} {{Ibid}} {{Page numbers improve}} {{Page numbers needed}}
General advice	Citing sources Reliable sources Maintenance template removal Citation needed Find sources Combining sources Referencing styles

Template:BLP unsourced section/doc

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