Write wikipedia biography sample

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Tips for writing biographies

Are you starting from scratch and want some guidance on creating a biographical article?

Write wikipedia biography sample

Follow these helpful tips! Some of them are also useful for work on articles that have already been started.

1. Remember, there are more than 7 billion people in the world. While all of them have their own story, not all of them warrant a Wikipedia article.

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   See WP:BIO for notability standards.

2. Research the available literature to find reliable sources. Read them carefully, taking notes.
3. Create a proto-article in a subpage of your own user space.
4. Work up the proto-article until it's coherent and at least slightly informative and has had its facts checked.

   (It does not yet need either to present a rounded picture of the person or to be a good article in any normal sense; it merely has to be sound in what it does say.) The article, no matter how rough, should clearly state why the person is nota