Template:BLP unsourced/doc

Usage
This template is intended to be placed at the top of articles about living persons that don't have any sources, and therefore in need of immediate attention. If the article is not about a living or recently deceased subject, you may wish to use unsourced.

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:All unreferenced BLPs. This allows editors who keep an eye on biographies and BLP concerns to find articles in need of attention quickly.

Finally, all articles with this template are added to Category:Living people, or alternatively to Category:Possibly living people when the parameter missing=yes is added. If the article has a defaultsort, this is used for these categories as well. Otherwise, it is sorted on the first word (usually the first name).

Listed below are the options for usage.

Advantages

 * BLP unsourced is easy to use.
 * Marks BLP articles in need of immediate attention.
 * Draws attention to the requirements of articles about living persons.

Disadvantages

 * Editors should be bold and address biographical concerns.