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This template is intended to be placed at the top ofarticles about living persons that don't have any sources, and are therefore in need of immediate attention. If the article meets the criteria described atWP:BLPPROD, you are recommended to tag it withTemplate:Prod blp instead. If the article is not about a living person, use{{Unreferenced}} instead.
This template also includes support for using the date parameter. Adding this parameter sorts the article into subcategories ofCategory:Unreferenced BLPs and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first.
This template additionally adds the article toCategory:All unreferenced BLPs. This allows editors who keep an eye on biographies and BLP concerns to quickly find articles in need of attention.
Articles with this template arenot automatically added toCategory:Living people orCategory:Possibly living people.
Listed below are the options for usage:
{{BLP unsourced}}{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2026}}
An additional option, when the template was added by abot, was the bot parameter:
{{BLP unsourced|date=February 2026|bot=yes}}
The banner message then included additional wording to advise that the article was automatically assessed.
This, however, has been deprecated since any inaccurate tags should be removed regardless of source.
TemplateData for BLP unreferenced
This template is to be added to articles of living persons which have no references. If it means the conditions at [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people]], you are recommended to tag it with {{prod blp}} instead.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
| name | name | no description | Unknown | optional |
| subst | subst | no description | Unknown | optional |
| prefix | prefix | no description | Unknown | optional |
| find | find | Search keywords for 'find sources' double-quoted (exact) search. May be one or more words. Set to 'none' to suppress 'find sources' output.
| String | optional |
| find2 | find2unquoted | Search keywords for 'find sources' unquoted search.
| String | optional |
| cat | cat | no description | Unknown | optional |
| all | all | no description | Unknown | optional |
