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This template is intended for article talk pages.
- This template uses the
__NOINDEX__magic word. - The template is added automatically by the {{WikiProject banner shell}} template, if given the parameter
|blp=yes; see the documentation of that template for more details. - If
|blp=activepolis used to show that the person is an active politician, then an additional message is displayed. (The template {{Active politician}} has now been merged into this template.) - It is preferred this template not be directly added to pages.
- Pages it is used on populate Category:Biography articles of living people.
- This template uses the
{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}magic word to check which namespace it's in, and then refers to the page as 'article', 'draft', or 'page' accordingly.
See also
[edit]- Template:BLP list, version of this template for lists of people
- Template:BLP others
- Template:BLPrefactor
- Template:BLP unreferenced, need sources
- Template:BLP sources, need additional sources
- Template:BLP editnotice, editnotice
- Template:WikiProject Biography
- Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
- Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography