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here. Heart ^(talk) 05:55, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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Got it, thanks!

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Hi, there, I can't seem to find any documentation about editing a biography of a person to indicate that the person died (he died yesterday). Is there a policy or guideline about that? I've been editing/maintaining the page of the individual while he was living. He's not really a public figure, but I want to do it right. I realize that I need to wait until an official announcement in the news media. Thanks! Robert J Nagle (talk) 05:56, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hello,

verifiability of the death, in cases like this, is a core content policy that cannot be ignored. Cullen328 (talk) 06:02, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply

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I don't do this often but here are a few things to consider:

• Change tenses as needed, for example: "Elvis Presley (born January 8, 1935) is a..." to "Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was a..."
• Add the death date to the info box and right after the name in the intro paragrapah
• Write a paragraph about his death, using citations.
• Change the talk page from {{WikiProject Biography|living=yes|...}} to {{WikiProject Biography|living=no|...}}

Happy editing! Heart ^(talk) 06:05, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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edit requests instead of trying to do it yourself. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:11, 15 April 2022 (UTC); [Note: Post edited by Marchjuly to strikethrough the incorrect reference to "paid-contributions" per the OP's response below. -- 07:24, 15 April 2022 (UTC)][reply

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Who is the person in question? Since various people have been killed off on Wikipedia in hoax edits, it is always a no-no to do this without a reliable source.--♦IanMacM♦ ^{(talk to me)} 07:04, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Ianmacm I received a private email from a family member. I won't mention it publicly until the family has announced it publicly -- and certainly won't mention it on wikipedia until there is a bona fide obituary. Robert J Nagle (talk) 07:08, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Cullen328 thanks for the straightforward advice. @Marchjuly With regard to conflict of interest, I did not make a notice because it was not necessary at the time -- and I received no money or commercial benefit from editing the article, but I've been interviewing the person (an author) for a book I'm writing -- well, when he was alive anyway. Now, though, things have changed and there is theoretically a COI -- and so I definitely will do a declaration. (By the way, it is wrong to say that I have a paid-declaration on my user page -- I have never received money for any work I have done on any wikipedia page and the author mentioned there is not the same one I am talking about here). Robert J Nagle (talk) Robert J Nagle (talk) 07:06, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert J Nagle: My apologies for that error and mistaking your COI declaration for a paid-contribution declaration. Careless mistake on my part and I've gone back and corrected things. I was pretty sure the declaration was for a different person, but just was trying to state (rather poorly perhaps) that you probably knew about COI editing and how some users view it quite suspiciously even when its been declared. Anyway, sorry again for the error. -- Marchjuly (talk) 07:24, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert J Nagle: Another thing you need to do (besides those mentioned by HeartGlow30797 above) after you have a source to cite for the death is to change the category Category:Living people to Category:2022 deaths in the article. I've occasionally forgotten to do this myself. Deor (talk) 13:35, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@Robert J Nagle: Once you have a reliable source and undertake all of the changes mentioned above, please also change the associated Wikidata item. -Arch dude (talk) 17:43, 15 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]