User:Scott MacDonald/UBLP Cleanup

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Project to deal with 30,000 unreferenced BLPs
In outline

A. Slowly prod all unreferenced BLPs.
1. Unreferenced BLPs should be prodded with a reason that reads:
 * "This article appears to be totally unreferenced biography of a living person. Please remove this tag only if you can provide at lest one source AND you believe the subject to be otherwise encyclopedic"

If someone references the article and removes the tag, job done. If no one wants to save the article (because it is not notable), it is deleted, job done.

2. The prodding should be done slowly, say 150 max per day - to avoid swamping.

3. We'd need a list to work from - preferably starting with the oldest BLPs

4. Each article needs manually reviewed to avoid false positives

5. Ideally, a script be created that would also alert the creator "an article you created appears to be unreferenced - please provide a source"

B. AfD anything de-proded without a source
1. If an article is deproded, it should be manually reviewed to see if sourced.

2. If still unsourced, it should be sent to AfD with the nomination message: "This is an entirely unsourced biography of a living person. Please check whether it is verifiable and notable - and provide basic sourcing. If not, delete."

Tasks

Whilst human review is needed, can anyone help with semi-automating this. A special AWB script, or at least a special prod template with the reason set?

Can a reliable list be generated of unreferenced BLPs, ordered by date of creation/or date of tagging?

Suggestions on the technicalities involved here

 *  (objections, or comments on the principle to talk, please)***