Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people

A common source of confusion in application is the different treatment of presence of sources for placement of the tag, versus removal of the tag. The requirements can be summed up as: only add a BLPPROD if there are no sources in any form that support any statement made about the person in the article, but once (properly) placed, it can only be removed if a reliable source is added. This compromise avoids the need for judgement calls about reliability of sources for placement, and limits that issue to the far fewer instances, at the other end, where a source is actually added during the seven-day period.

Note: BLP articles may still be nominated for standard PROD if they do not meet BLPPROD criteria, or even if an article has previously been flagged for BLPPROD and declined.

Although

Per Wikipedia's policy on

1. Add {{subst:prod blp}} to the top of the biography to nominate it.
2. Provide an
   edit summary
   that clearly indicates the biography has been proposed for deletion. Do not mark the edit as minor.
3. Consider adding the biography to your watchlist.
4. Notify the biography's creator or other significant contributors by leaving a message at their talk page(s) informing them of the proposed deletion. This can be done by adding the {{subst:PRODwarningBLP|Name of biography}} tag, or other appropriate text. Using Twinkle to tag the article will automatically inform the biography's creator.

If there is any doubt to the applicability of this procedure to the article, then it is preferable to use another deletion process.

To be canceled, this process (when correctly initiated) requires the presence of at least one

If a {{prod blp/dated}} has been removed then:

1. if no such source has been provided, the tag may be re-added. When practical, revert to the original expiration date;
2. however, in borderline cases, such as where a source of questionable reliability (rather than an obvious unreliable source) has been added, the biography should be listed instead at
   Articles for Deletion
   .
3. if a relevant and reliable source has been provided but you still believe the biography should be deleted, use one of the regular deletion processes.

In all cases, consider taking the time to highlight and discuss

Sometimes redirects and other articles will be edited to change their subject to a BLP of a different person. Such articles can be

1. delete example per {{G6}}
2. restore the newer edits about the new subject and move it to Example (occupation) without creating a redirect
3. restore example as it was before it was altered
4. if
   blpprod
   }}
5. explain to the author of the new version what has happened and where their article is now.

Before deletion based on this process, administrators should check the biography and its history to confirm that:

1. the {{prod blp/dated}} tag has been in place for at least seven days, and there were no supporting sources (regardless of reliability or form) when tagged;
2. no valid sources have been included in the biography or provided on the talk page;
3. there is no suitable previous version to revert to.

If you decide to delete the biography, provide an informative deletion reason, such as the standard one provided by the software: 'Expired

The biography may be undeleted when an editor is prepared to add a reliable source. The undeletion can be requested through an administrator or at Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion. Upon restoration, the {{prod blp/dated}} template should not be removed, but needs to be replaced or resubstituted to reset the expiration date. Where the request has not gone through requests for undeletion, the admin carrying out the undeletion is expected to check that a reliable source has been added.

If you decide not to delete the biography because {{prod blp/dated}} is no longer applicable—that is, a valid source has been provided, or you add one—or if the process wasn't applicable in the first place, then you need only remove the {{prod blp/dated}}. If the biography has a source, but is still partially unsourced, consider tagging the biography with {{BLP sources}}.

This method of proposed deletion is an additional tool to be used in the interests of increasing the quality of BLP sourcing on Wikipedia. Nothing in this policy should be understood to affect the core content policies or existing deletion processes. Whether the BLP is subject to deletion or not, contentious material which is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed from the biography immediately and without prior discussion, in accordance with the BLP policy.

1. {{
   speedy deletion nomination in the usual way. When tagging a proposed deletion candidate for speedy deletion, the proposed deletion tag should be left in place in case the speedy deletion is rejected. A rejected speedy candidate is still eligible for proposed deletion. The {{prod blp/dated
   }} tag may be restored if replaced with a speedy deletion tag.
2. Per
   stubbified
   or deleted. Administrators may have to delete pages if the page's primary content is contentious material that is unsourced or poorly sourced, there is no obvious way to fix it, and there is no previous version of the page that is policy compliant.

• Category:BLP articles proposed for deletion
• Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion
• Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Biographies of living people in which consensus was found for such a process