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Deletion of unreferenced BLPs is a process used for nominating unreferenced biographies of living persons for deletion, and deleting such pages after n days if no reliable sources are added (n a number to be determined). Its purpose is to reduce the number of biographies of living persons which stay unsourced for months and years after being created and being tagged with the problem.
There are three steps:
Before nomination:
Nomination:
To object to and therefore permanently prevent a BLP deletion, add one or more relevant reliable sources to the article and then remove the ((dub)) tag from the article. You may also:
If the article has already been deleted, please follow the Deletion review process. If undeleted, add the ((Olddub)) tag to the Discussion page.
Before deletion, administrators should check the article, its history, and deletion log to confirm that:
If you decide to delete the article, provide an informative deletion reason. Once the article is deleted, the reason for the ((dub)) can only be seen by administrators. If you are using an automated script, make sure it leaves an adequate message. To ensure independent judgment, an article should not be deleted by the same person who added the ((dub)) tag.
If you decide not to delete the article, consider editing it to deal with the concerns raised, or nominating the article for deletion on AfD. You should document that it has been contested with an ((Olddubfull)) on the article's Talk page.
See also | Alternative outlets | Undeletion policy | Deletion guidelines for administrators AfD Precedents | Archived delete discussions | Policy consensus discussions |
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