Tɛmplet:BLP sources/doc

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This is a documentation subpage for Tɛmplet:BLP sources.
It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original tɛmplet page.

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Contentious material that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.

Alternatives:

In BLP articles that have no sources at all, the {{subst:prod blp}} template should be used. Otherwise, use {{BLP unsourced}}.
In non-BLP articles that require additional sources, the {{More citations needed}} template should be used instead.
Be bold! Consider searching for references and adding them to the article, instead of this template.
Consider not adding this template to extremely short articles.

This template uses Lua:

Usage

This template is intended to be placed at the top of articles about living persons that need additional references, and are therefore in need of immediate attention. If the article is not about a living or recently deceased subject, you may wish to use {{More citations needed}} instead.

Please add a date parameter. Adding a date parameter sorts the article into subcategories of Category:BLP articles lacking sources and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first.

Finally, if the article has a defaultsort, this is used for these categories as well. Otherwise, it is sorted on the first word (usually the first name).

Parameters

date = Silimin gɔli December 2024 - required parameter, will be added by bot
reason = text - optional parameter which appends advisory text

The following parameter is obsolete: |Tɛmplet:Red= (simply use the first unnamed parameter).

Examples

Paste-ready example: {{BLP sources|date=Silimin gɔli December 2024}}

Example with reason: {{BLP sources|date=Silimin gɔli December 2024|reason=}}

This template can be used with a "section" parameter to tag specific sections: {{BLP sources|section|date=Silimin gɔli December 2024}}

Redirects

The following templates redirect here:

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Tracking categories

The template populates:

Category:Pages using BLP sources with unknown parameters (0) – when unrecognized parameters are invoked on the transcluding page.

TemplateData

TemplateData for BLP sources

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Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Section	`1`	Add "section" if the tag applies to a particular section	String	optional
Date	`date`	The month and year the template was added, in the form "July 2013" Example June 2016 Auto value `{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}`	String	required
Reason	`reason`	A reason for adding the tag	String	optional