Template:WikiProject Biography

Biography: Arts and Entertainment / Actors and Filmmakers / Musicians / Military / Peerage and Baronetage / Politics and Government / Royalty and Nobility / Science and Academia / Sports and Games / Core C‑class

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	This article is supported by the arts and entertainment work group (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Musicians (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is supported by the military biography work group (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is supported by WikiProject Royalty and Nobility (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group (assessed as Top-importance).
	Sports portal This article is supported by the sports and games work group (assessed as Top-importance).
	This article is listed on the project's core biographies page.

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	This article has been automatically rated by a bot or other tool because one or more other projects use this class. Please ensure the assessment is correct before removing the `\|auto=` parameter.
	This article has been marked as needing immediate attention.
	An appropriate infobox may need to be added to this article. Please refer to the list of biography infoboxes for further information.
	This article needs a filmography section, as outlined by the guidelines of WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers.
	This article needs a discography section, as outlined by the guidelines of WikiProject Musicians.
	This article is a former WikiProject Biography Collaboration (). For details on the improvements made to the article, see the history of past collaborations.
	The A-Class review department for this project is currently inactive. No requests for A-Class review are being accepted at this time.
	An editor has requested that an image or photograph be added to this article.
	This article is currently undergoing an A-Class review.
	This article is currently undergoing a peer review.
	This article has had a peer review which is now archived.

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Usage

Please note: This template should be transcluded as {{WikiProject Biography}} and not substituted, because it employs conditional code. Transclusion also allows easy updating of all the Project's talk pages without having to edit hundreds of thousands of pages. Many of these parameters place the talk page of the article into an appropriate category.

Place this template on the talk page of biography articles.

Basic usage

If the person is living:

{{WikiProject banner shell|blp=yes|class=|listas=|
{{WikiProject Biography}}
}}

If the person is not living:

{{WikiProject banner shell|blp=no|class=|listas=|
{{WikiProject Biography}}
}}

If |blp= is left undefined, it populates Category:Biography articles without living parameter (1,554).
For a full list of |class= values, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment#Statistics.
For most talk pages, the |listas= parameter will be formatted as "Surname, Given Names", but this is not always true in certain cultures. See WP:NAMESORT, MOS:SURNAME, and MOS:GIVENNAME for further details.
- If |listas= is left undefined, it populates Category:Biography articles without listas parameter (444).

Extended usage

If you have a lot of time on your hands:

{{WikiProject Biography
| a&e-work-group = 
| a&e-priority = 
| filmbio-work-group = 
| filmbio-priority = 
| military-work-group = 
| military-priority = 
| musician-work-group = 
| musician-priority = 
| peerage-work-group = 
| peerage-priority = 
| politician-work-group = 
| politician-priority = 
| royalty-work-group = 
| royalty-priority = 
| s&a-work-group = 
| s&a-priority = 
| sports-work-group = 
| sports-priority = 
| A-Class = 
| attention = 
| auto = 
| needs-discography = 
| needs-filmography = 
| needs-infobox = 
| needs-photo = 
| past-collaboration = 
| peer-review = 
| old-peer-review = 
}}

Parameters

Living people, active politicians, and other BLP issues

Now handled by {{WikiProject banner shell}}; please refer to that template's documentation for further instruction.

Assessments

priority – valid values are: top, high, mid, low, na (case-insensitive). See the project's priority scale for details. Setting an explicit value of NA is rarely necessary; for this, either leave |priority= blank or omit the parameter.
- This parameter is deprecated. Please use the priority parameters specific to the relevant project task forces instead.
- Will add articles to Category:Biography articles with plain priority parameter and, if a project task force is specified, Category:Biography articles needing priority parameter replacement.
auto – This parameter is for the use of bots and indicates that the article has been automatically rated:
- |auto=length – based on the length of the article
- |auto=inherit – because one or more other projects use this class
- |auto=yes (or |auto=stub), in conjunction with |class=stub – as Stub-Class because it uses a stub template
  - Use of the above values (or value combinations) with this parameter populates Category:Automatically assessed biography articles.
  - Additional categories will be populated, if one or more work groups are specified.

Work groups

a&e-work-group – set |a&e-work-group=yes if the article is supported by the arts and entertainment work group.
- This parameter populates Category:Arts and entertainment work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (arts and entertainment) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- a&e-priority (only used if |a&e-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the arts and entertainment work group
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (arts and entertainment) articles by importance.
  - If the article is about an actor or filmmaker, please use |filmbio-work-group=yes instead; if the article is about a musician, please use |musician-work-group=yes instead. Note: setting either |filmbio-work-group=yes or |musician-work-group=yes will cause |a&e-work-group=yes to be ignored.
filmbio-work-group – set |filmbio-work-group=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers.
- This parameter populates Category:Actors and filmmakers work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (actors and filmmakers) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- filmbio-priority (only used if |filmbio-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (actors and filmmakers) articles by importance.
military-work-group – set |military-work-group=yes if the article is supported by the military biography work group.
- This parameter populates Category:Military biography work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (military) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- military-priority (only used if |military-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the military biography work group
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (military) articles by importance.
musician-work-group – set |musician-work-group=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Musicians.
- This parameter populates Category:Musicians work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (musicians) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- musician-priority (only used if |musician-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject Musicians
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (musicians) articles by importance.
peerage-work-group – set |peerage-work-group=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage.
- This parameter populates Category:Peerage and Baronetage work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (peerage) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- peerage-priority (only used if |peerage-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (peerage) articles by importance.
politician-work-group – set |politician-work-group=yes if the article is supported by the politics and government work group.
- This parameter populates Category:Politics and government work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (politics and government) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- politician-priority (only used if |politician-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the politics and government work group
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (politics and government) articles by importance.
royalty-work-group – set |royalty-work-group=yes if the article is supported by WikiProject Royalty and Nobility.
- This parameter populates Category:Royalty work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (royalty) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- royalty-priority (only used if |royalty-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within WikiProject Royalty and Nobility
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (royalty) articles by importance.
s&a-work-group – set |s&a-work-group=yes if the article is supported by the science and academia work group.
- This parameter populates Category:Science and academia work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (science and academia) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- s&a-priority (only used if |s&a-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the science and academia work group
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (science and academia) articles by importance.
sports-work-group – set |sports-work-group=yes if the article is supported by the sports and games work group.
- This parameter populates Category:Sports and games work group articles, and the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (sports and games) articles by quality based upon the |class= parameter.
- sports-priority (only used if |sports-work-group=yes is set; uses the same values as |importance=) – Importance rating within the sports and games work group
  - This importance rating populates the relevant subcategory of Category:Biography (sports and games) articles by importance.

Maintenance

attention – set |attention=yes if the article needs immediate attention from experienced editors. Use only if another parameter does not cover the need for attention; this should be used sparingly. It is strongly encouraged to also add a section to the talk page explaining what needs attention.
- This parameter populates Category:Biography articles needing attention.
|needs-discography= Answer yes, if the article needs a discography section, otherwise remove this line.
- This parameter populates Category:Musicians work group articles needing discographies, and can only be used if |musician-work-group=yes.
|needs-filmography= Answer yes, if the article needs a filmography section, otherwise remove this line.
- This parameter populates Category:Actors and filmmakers work group articles needing filmographies, and can only be used if |filmbio-work-group=yes.
needs-infobox – set |needs-infobox=yes if the article needs an infobox. Remember that infoboxes are not suitable for all articles, and can overwhelm short articles.
- This parameter populates Category:Biography articles without infoboxes.
|needs-photo= Answer yes to request that a photograph or picture of the subject be added to the article, otherwise remove this line.
- This parameter populates Category:Wikipedia requested photographs of people or relevant subcategories if one or more work groups are specified.

past-collaboration – set |past-collaboration=yes (or any non-blank value other than "no", "n", "0" or "¬", such as the dates it was part of the collaboration) if the page was a past project collaboration.
- This parameter populates Category:Past Biography collaborations.

peer-review – set |peer-review=yes if the article is currently undergoing a peer review, or to request that the peer review process for this page should be begun.
- This parameter populates Category:Requests for Biography peer review.
old-peer-review – set |old-peer-review=yes if the article has had a peer review which is now archived.
- This parameter populates Category:Old requests for Biography peer review.
- title – if the peer review page exists but is not at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/{{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}, set this parameter; i.e. if the peer review page is Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Peer review/Foobar, set |title=Foobar
- Invalid combinations of |peer-review= |old-peer-review= and |title= will place the page in Category:Biography articles with incorrect peer review or A-Class tagging.
|A-Class= Answer pass if the article has passed an A-Class review, or fail if the article has failed a review, otherwise remove this line.
- |A-Class=pass populates Category:Successful requests for biography A-Class review.
- |A-Class=fail populates Category:Failed requests for biography A-Class review.
- Please note that the A-Class review department of WikiProject Biography is currently inactive. This parameter cannot be used to request a new review.

Listas

Now handled by {{WikiProject banner shell}}; please refer to that template's documentation for further instruction.
- If left undefined, this parameter populates Category:Biography articles without listas parameter.

Special

The following parameters should not normally be used:

core – set |core=yes if, and only if, the article is listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Core biographies.

Aliases

The parameter |baronets-work-group= is recognised as an alias for |peerage-work-group=. If both |peerage-work-group= and |baronets-work-group= are present, |baronets-work-group= is ignored.

The parameter |baronets-priority= is recognised as an alias for |peerage-priority=. If both |peerage-priority= and |baronets-priority= are present, |baronets-priority= is ignored.

The parameter |military-task-force= is recognised as an alias for |military-work-group=. If both |military-work-group= and |military-task-force= are present, |military-task-force= is ignored.

The parameter |politics-work-group= is recognised as an alias for |politicians-work-group=. If both |politicians-work-group= and |politics-work-group= are present, |politics-work-group= is ignored.

Tracking category

TemplateData

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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 entertainment work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Filmbio work group	`filmbio-work-group`	Within the scope of the Actors and Filmmakers work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Priority for A&E work group	`filmbio-priority`	Priority for the arts and entertainment work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Musician work group	`musician-work-group`	Within the scope of Musicians work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Priority for filmbio work group	`musician-priority`	Priority for the Actors and Filmmakers work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Peerage work group	`peerage-work-group` `baronets-work-group`	Within the scope of the WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Priority for WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage	`peerage-priority` `baronets-priority`	Priority for the WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
military-work-group	`military-work-group` `military-task-force`	no description Auto value	String	optional
Priority for military work group	`military-priority`	Priority for the military biography work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Politician work group	`politician-work-group`	Within the scope of the politics and government work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Priority for politician work group	`politician-priority`	Priority for the politics and government work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Royalty work group	`royalty-work-group`	Within the scope of the WikiProject Royalty and Nobility. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Priority for royalty work group	`royalty-priority`	Priority for the WikiProject Royalty and Nobility. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
S&A work group	`s&a-work-group`	Within the scope of the science and academia work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Priority for s&a work group	`s&a-priority`	Priority for the science and academia work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
Sports work group	`sports-work-group`	Within the scope of the sports and games work group. Allowed values: ['yes'] Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Priority for sports work group	`sports-priority`	Priority for the sports and games work group. Allowed values are: ['Top', 'High', 'Mid', 'Low', 'NA'] Auto value	Unknown	optional
A-Class	`A-Class`	no description	Unknown	optional
Needs immediate attention?	`attention`	Indicate that the article needs immediate attention. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
auto	`auto`	no description	Unknown	optional
Needs discography?	`needs-discography`	Indicate that the article needs a discography section. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Needs filmography?	`needs-filmography`	Indicate that the article needs a filmography section. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Needs infobox?	`needs-infobox`	Indicate that the article needs an infobox. Remember that infoboxes are not suitable for all articles, and can overwhelm short articles. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
Needs photo?	`needs-photo` `needs-image` `image-needed` `photo-needed` `image-requested`	Indicate that the article would be improved by a photo related to the topic. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter. Default no Example yes Auto value `yes`	Boolean	optional
past-collaboration	`past-collaboration`	no description	Unknown	optional
peer-review	`peer-review`	no description	Unknown	optional
old-peer-review	`old-peer-review`	no description	Unknown	optional
core	`core`	no description	Unknown	optional
title	`title`	no description	Unknown	optional
priority	`priority`	no description	Unknown	optional
importance	`importance`	no description	Unknown	optional

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