Template talk:BLP one source

RfC of potential interest

An RfC is underway that could affect this template and may therefor be of interest to watchers of this page. The discussion is located at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle#RfC regarding Twinkle maintenance tags that recommend the inclusion of additional sources. Thank you.--John Cline (talk) 05:50, 28 January 2019 (UTC)

Suggestion: add "largely or entirely" wording, to match generic "One source" template

The template's wording currently says (emphasis mine):

This biography of a living person relies on a single source.

In contrast, the more generic Template:One source template says (emphasis mine):

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source.

The "largely or entirely" wording is quite useful, because it means that template can still be applied to an article that almost exclusively cites one source but happens to have a single citation of another source in one small part of the article. The wording of this template should be edited to match. V2Blast (talk) 00:37, 1 July 2020 (UTC)

• @V2Blast: support change. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 01:29, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

BLP one source section

I do not think there is currently a way to tag an unsourced section of a BLP similarly to {{unreferenced section}}. Would the simplest fix be to add an unnamed parameter for section to this template, i.e. {{BLP one source|section}}? – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 01:32, 30 July 2020 (UTC)

Edit request, 4 January 2026

In an attempt to standardise the "contentious material must be removed immediately" sentences of the BLP citation templates (see a list here), please change:

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Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced '''must be removed immediately'''.

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Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced '''must be removed immediately''', especially if potentially [[Wikipedia:Libel|libelous]] or harmful.

Thanks, Newbzy (talk) 12:20, 4 January 2026 (UTC)

 Completed. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. – welcome! – 10:29, 5 January 2026 (UTC)

Edit request, 27 February 2026

For consistency now with all of the other "exclamation mark" BLP sourcing templates (see a list here), please tweak the wording of the first sentence and then add this code to the end of the block. You can also copypaste from the sandbox if it's easier. Newbzy (talk) 12:20, 27 February 2026 (UTC)

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| fix = You can help by adding reliable sources to this article. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced '''must be removed immediately''', especially if potentially [[Wikipedia:Libel|libelous]] or harmful.

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| fix = Please help by adding [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources|reliable sources]]. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced '''must be removed immediately''', especially if potentially [[Wikipedia:Libel|libelous]] or harmful.{{ {{{|safesubst:}}}#if:{{{find|}}}|<br /><small>{{find sources mainspace|{{{find}}} }}</small>|<br /><small>{{find sources mainspace}}</small>}}

 Done --MikeVitale 18:20, 27 February 2026 (UTC)