Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography

A few Wikipedians have gotten together to make some suggestions about how we might organize data in articles about Biographies. These are only suggestions, things to give you focus and to get you going, and you shouldn't feel obligated in the least to follow them. But if you don't know what to write or where to begin, following the below guidelines may be helpful. Mainly, we just want you to write articles!

Title WikiProject Biography

Scope This WikiProject aims primarily to define a standard format for biographical articles.

Parentage No parent of this WikiProject has been defined.

Descendant Wikiprojects The descendant WikiProjects are WikiProject Creative Artists[?], WikiProject Political Figures[?], WikiProject Historical Figures[?], and WikiProject Sports Figures[?].

Similar Wikiprojects No similar WikiProjects have been defined.

Participants

• Smelialichu I'm working through transferring biographies from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica. I'm Working from B (most of A is supposedly already entered)

Structure There shall be a List of people which will act as a main source to list the various biographies.

A Biographical article should begin with the person's name in bold print followed by the birth and death dates in parenthesis. See the Wikipedia Manual of Style for more information.

Other discussions are at:

• Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (people with the same name)
• Talk:John Brown
• Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style

Hierarchy Definition No classification of Biographies has been defined. See this example on dividing a topic into a hierarchy.

General Strategy and Discussion forum

• /General[?]
• /Strategy[?]