Template:Cleanup biography

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Usage

This template is intended to be placed at the top of biographical articles that are missing relevant biographical information about the subject of the article.

This template adds the article to Category:Biographies with insufficient biographical information. This allows editors who keep an eye on biographies to quickly find articles in need of attention.

To use this template, add {{Cleanup biography|date=December 2025}} at the top of biographical articles that require additional biographical information. (The |date= parameter is optional.)

Redirects

Aliases include:

• {{Cleanup bio}}
• {{Cleanup-bio}}
• {{Cleanup-biography}}

See also

• {{Missing information}} – for any article that is missing certain necessary information
• {{Expand section}} – for a specific section of an article that needs expansion
• {{Like resume}} – for biographical articles that promote the subject
• {{BLP sources}} – for biographies of living persons (BLPs) that need additional references
• {{BLP unsourced}} – for BLPs that do not include any citations or list any sources at all
• {{BLP more footnotes needed}} – for BLPs that include a list of sources or external links, but have insufficient inline citations
• {{BLP no footnotes}} – for BLPs that include a list of sources or external links, but have no inline citations at all
• {{BLP unverified}} – for stubbing inadequately referenced BLPs
• {{BLP noticeboard}} – for BLP articles that are being discussed on the BLP noticeboard

• Wikipedia:Autobiography
• Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons
• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography
• Wikipedia:Notability (people)
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography

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