Template:WikiProject Biography/doc

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Usage
Please note: This template should be transcluded as 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. A manually generated (though sporadically updated) list of all the categories used in this template is at Template:WikiProject Biography/category list.

Place this template on the talk page of biography articles.

Basic usage
If the person is living:

If the person is not living:


 * Note 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.

Extended usage
If you have a lot of time on your hands:

Living people, active politicians and other BLP issues

 * living Answer yes or no. If yes, this also affects the needs-photo parameter, to emphasize the fact that free images must be used. This parameter must be specified whether or not the person is living. In case of music bands or any other list of people that is under the scope of this WikiProject, the parameter should be set to "yes", if at least one of the people in that list is alive.
 * If yes, this parameter adds BLP above WikiProject Biography and populates Category:Biography articles of living people.
 * Articles lacking this parameter are found in Category:Biography articles without living parameter.
 * activepol Answer yes, if the article is about a currently active politician, otherwise remove this line.
 * This parameter adds Active politician above WikiProject Biography and populates Category:Active politicians.
 * It can only be used if yes.
 * blpo Answer yes, if the subject of the article is not a living person, but the article contains sensitive information about other living persons, otherwise remove this line.
 * This parameter adds BLP others above WikiProject Biography.
 * It can only be used if no.

Note: The BLP, Active politician and BLP others banners will not be visible if WikiProject Biography is used within WikiProject banner shell, but the relevant categories will still be added. In such cases, these banners can still be added to a talk page by using the relevant parameters in WikiProject banner shell; please refer to that template's documentation for further instruction.

Any changes to the wording of these banners should be requested on the corresponding template talk page, not here.

Assessments

 * If left blank, this will default to Unassessed. This parameter populates the corresponding subcategories of Category:Biography articles by quality. Additional categories will be populated, if one or more work groups are specified.


 * 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.


 * Additional categories will be populated, if one or more work groups are specified.

Work groups

 * If the article is about an actor or filmmaker, please use yes instead; if the article is about a musician, please use yes instead. Note: setting either yes or yes will cause yes to be ignored.

Maintenance

 * 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 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 yes.


 * 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.


 * 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.
 * pass populates Category:Successful requests for biography A-Class review.
 * 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

 * If left undefined, this parameter populates Category:Biography articles without listas parameter.

Special
The following parameters should not normally be used:


 * core – set yes if, and only if, the article is listed at WikiProject Biography/Core biographies.
 * This parameter populates the categories listed here.

Usage with WikiProject banner shell
If this template is placed within, the following parameters should be specified there instead:
 * class
 * living
 * blpo
 * activepol
 * listas

TemplateData
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Set to one of: ['yes', 'no'] (unless specified in )", "type": "boolean" },		"class": { "suggested": true },		"category": {}, "listas": { "suggested": true },		"core": {}, "auto": {}, "attention": { "label": "Needs immediate attention?", "description": "Indicate that the article needs immediate attention. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter.", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean", "default": "no", "autovalue": "yes" },		"needs-photo": { "aliases": [ "needs-image", "image-needed", "photo-needed", "image-requested" ],			"label": "Needs photo?", "description": "Indicate that the article would be improved by a photo related to the topic. Set to ['yes'], otherwise remove parameter.", "example": "yes", "type": "boolean", "default": "no", "autovalue": "yes" },		"a&e-work-group": { "label": "A&E work group", "description": "Within the scope of the arts and entertainment work group. Allowed values: ['yes']", "autovalue": "yes", "type": "boolean" },		"filmbio-work-group": { "label": "Filmbio work group", "description": "Within the scope of the Actors and Filmmakers work group. Allowed values: ['yes']", "autovalue": "yes", "type": "boolean" },		"musician-work-group": { "label": "Musician work group", "description": "Within the scope of Musicians work group. Allowed values: ['yes']", "autovalue": "yes", "type": "boolean" },		"military-work-group": { "aliases": [ "military-task-force" ],			"type": "string", "autovalue": "" },		"peerage-work-group": { "label": "Peerage work group", "description": "Within the scope of the WikiProject Peerage and Baronetage. Allowed values: ['yes']", "autovalue": "yes", "aliases": [ "baronets-work-group" ],			"type": "boolean" },		"politician-work-group": { "label": "Politician work group", "description": "Within the scope of the politics and government work group. 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