Template:WikiProject Biography/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:WikiProject Biography. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

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Because the {{WikiProject Biography}} template is used on at least 2.5 million pages, and that it puts a big strain on the servers every time it is updated (see the job queue), the template is currently protected and can be edited only by template editors and administrators.

If you would like to propose a change to this template:

• If the changes are significant, then discuss it on the talk page first.
• Test the changes in the Template:WikiProject Biography/sandbox and then request an edit to the template on the talk page.

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.

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}}
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• If |blp= is left undefined, it populates Category:Biography articles without blp parameter (1,820).
• For a full list of |class= values, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography/Assessment#Statistics.
  • If |class= is left undefined, it populates Category:Unassessed biography articles (14,115).
• 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 (1,356).

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 = 
| politics-work-group = 
| politics-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 = 
}}

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

• 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.

• 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.
• politics-work-group – set |politics-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.
  • politics-priority (only used if |politics-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 and nobility 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.

• 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 needing 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.

• 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.

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.

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

• Category:Biography articles without blp parameter (1,820)
• Category:Unassessed biography articles (14,115)
• Category:Biography articles without listas parameter (1,356)
• Category:Pages using WikiProject Biography with unknown parameters (17)

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