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Tips on the process of creating a biography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Biography#Tips_for_writing_biographies

Formatting Text

Comment / Hidden or invisible text Use standard HTML tags

<!-- comment comment comment -->

Unformatted text Use nowiki tags

<nowiki>text text text</nowiki>

Quotes / Text in gray box insert space before text

text text text

Indents insert colons before text

text text text

Horizontal line use ----

aaa bbb ccc

Layout

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout

Lead Section

Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section

Because the lead will usually repeat information that is in the body, editors should balance the desire to avoid redundant citations in the lead with the desire to aid readers in locating sources for challengeable material. Leads are usually written at a greater level of generality than the body, and information in the lead section of non-controversial subjects is less likely to be challenged and less likely to require a source; there is not, however, an exception to citation requirements specific to leads. The necessity for citations in a lead should be determined on a case-by-case basis by editorial consensus. Complex, current, or controversial subjects may require many citations; others, few or none. The presence of citations in the introduction is neither required in every article nor prohibited in any article.

Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Biographies#Opening_paragraph

Infobox

Template:Infobox_person

'Please remove unused parameters, and do not insert trivia or dubious assertions in an attempt to fill all parameters. Only the most pertinent information should be included.'

Wikilinks OK

Hints:

{{unbulleted list| [[thing1]] | [[thing2]] }}
{{URL|Example.com}}

Legacy Section

Biography articles with significant legacy sections

External Links

Where you put 'Official Site' links

No Twitter, Facebook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links/Perennial_websites

Can you use an external link template?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:External_link_templates

Add an open street map link

{{OpenCorp|Apple}}
{{Osmway|33463538|Apple Inc. headquarters}}

Add a portal bar

{{Portal bar|Apple Inc.|Companies|San Francisco Bay Area|United States}}

Good examples

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.#External_links

Templates

Use the biography template

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:WikiProject_Biography

The only big choice: living vs not living.

Also subject might be part of a science, arts or sports sub group

Commons upload

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Upload

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Upload&uselang=experienced

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Information

Be aware what for 2D works like paintings only copyrights of the original artist are important so if the artist died more than 70 years ago most images found on the web or scanned from art books are OK.
However in case of sculptures and other 3D works information about the photographer is important to justify the license.

{{Information
| Description = {{ en | 1 = Map locating first cabins in Argyle, IL from ''The Argyle Settlement in History and Story'' by Daniel G Harvey, Beloit WI, 1924 }}
| Source = {{ URL | https://archive.org/stream/argylesettlement00harv archive.org}}
| Date = 1924
| Author = {{Daniel G Harvey}}
| Permission = {{ PD-ineligible }} {{ PD-US }}
| other_versions =
}}

{{Artwork |artist = |author = |title = |description = |date = |medium = |dimensions = |institution = |department = |place of discovery = |object history = |exhibition history = |credit line = |inscriptions = |notes = |accession number = |place of creation = |source = |permission = |other_versions = |references = |wikidata = }} {{Information |Description= {{en|1=Reproduction of a photo of Scottish American businessman George Armour. From ''The Second Presbyterian Church of Chicago: June 1st, 1842, to June 1st, 1892'' by Thomas B Carter, John C Grant, Rev Simon McPherson, DD ''et al'', Chicago, 1892}} |Source= [https://books.google.com/books?id=exsVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA44 Google Books] |Date= {{other date|~|1870s}} | Author = {{unknown|author}} |Permission= {{PD-ineligible}} {{PD-US}} |other_versions= }} [[Category:]]

Citations

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:SfnRef

I prefer this way

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_system << vcite

It is popular in the physical sciences and is one of two referencing systems normally used in medicine

adding deadurls

<ref>{{cite web|last=Goldsborough |first=Gordon |url=http://umanitoba.ca/science/delta_marsh/reports/1996/history.pdf |title=History of the University Field Station (Delta Marsh): Donald H. Bain (1874–1962) |publisher=University of Manitoba |year=1996 |accessdate=2010-11-11 |deadurl=yes  |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320053916/http://umanitoba.ca/science/delta_marsh/reports/1996/history.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-20 |df= }}</ref>

Cite AV

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_AV_media

* {{cite AV media | people = | date = | title = | trans-title = | medium = | language = | url = | access-date = | archive-url = | archive-date = | format = | time = | location = | publisher = | id = | isbn = | oclc = | quote = | ref = }}

Cite Book

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book << start here

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book

{{cite book | author= | last = | first = | authorlink = | last[n] = | first[n] = | authorlink[n] = | editor-last = | editor-first = | editor-link = | editor[n]-last = | editor[n]-first = | editor[n]-link = | others = | title = | trans_title = | url = | archiveurl = | archivedate = | format = | accessdate = | type = | edition = | series = | volume = | date = | origyear = | year = | month = | publisher = | location = | language = | isbn = | oclc = | lccn = | doi = | bibcode = | id = | page = | pages = | nopp = | at = | chapter = | trans_chapter = | chapterurl = | quote = | ref = | laysummary = | laydate = | author-mask = | author-name-separator = | author-separator = | display-authors = | separator = | postscript = | lastauthoramp = }} {{cite book | author= | last = | first = | date = | title = | url = | dead-url = | location = | publisher = | accessdate = | isbn = | archive-url = | archive-date = | ref = }}

https://support.google.com/books/partner/faq/3396243?rd=1

Google Books Example with page number

Raw:
{{cite book |last=Rawls |first=John |title=A Theory of Justice |publisher=Harvard University Press |date=1971 |page=18 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=kvpby7HtAe0C&pg=PA18}}

Formatted:
Rawls, John (1971). A Theory of Justice. Harvard University Press. p. 18. ISBN 9780674042582.

Cite Newspaper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_news

{{cite news | last = | first = | date = | title = | url = | dead-url = | newspaper = | location = | archive-url = | archive-date = | access-date = | page = | ref = }} {{cite news | last = | first = | date = Junee 14, 1881 | title = George Armour - Death of a Sterling Chicago Business Man - The Honorable Record of his Long and Busy Life | url = | dead-url = http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1881/06/14/page/9/article/george-armour | newspaper = The Chicago Tribune: Tuesday, June 14th, 1881, page 9 | location = Chicago, IL | archive-url = http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1881/06/14/page/9/article/george-armour | archive-date = unknown | access-date = February 3, 2017 | page = 9 | ref = {{sfnRef|Chicago Tribune|1881}} }}

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Citation/doc#IDs_must_be_unique

Use 2017a, 2017b if multiple from one year

Cite Web

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web

Tips

'All parameter names must be in lowercase. Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter'
| format = PDF
| page = 23
author=
author-link=John Doe

Online sources

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

For references with author credit

{{cite web |url= |title= |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

For references without author credit

{{cite web |url= |title= |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}

Example:

 {{cite web |url=http://www.example.org/ |title=My Favorite Things, Part II |last=Doe |first=John |publisher=Open Publishing |date=30 April 2005 |website=Encyclopedia of Things |access-date=18 February 2017}}

Vertical

* {{cite web | url = | title = | last = | first = | date = | website = {{ URL | }} | publisher = | access-date = | quote = | ref = }}

Getting Help

Peer Review

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/guidelines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Peer_review

Or {{subst:PR}} << redirects to Peer Review

ask a volunteer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/volunteers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review/Current

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_peer_review