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<big>'''Contentious material that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful.'''</big>

'''Alternatives:'''
* In [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|BLP]] articles that have no sources at all, the '''{{tls|prod blp}}''' template should be used. Otherwise, use '''{{Tl|BLP unsourced}}'''. 
* In [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|non-BLP]] articles that require additional sources, the '''{{Tl|refimprove}}''' template should be used instead. 
* '''[[Wikipedia:Be bold|Be bold!]]''' Consider searching for [[Wikipedia:Verifiability|references]] and adding them to the article, instead of this template.
* Consider not adding this template to extremely short articles.
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== Usage ==
This template is intended to be placed at the top of [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons|articles about living persons]] that need additional references, and therefore in need of immediate attention. If the article is not about a living or recently deceased subject, you may wish to use {{Tl|Refimprove}} instead.

Please add a date parameter. Adding a date parameter sorts the article into subcategories of [[:Category:BLP articles lacking sources]] and out of the parent category, allowing the oldest problems to be identified and dealt with first. 

Finally, if the article has a defaultsort, this is used for these categories as well. Otherwise, it is sorted on the first word (usually the first name). 

==Parameters==
* <code>date = {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}</code> - required parameter, will be added by bot
* <code>reason = <var>text</var></code> - optional parameter which appends advisory text

The following parameter is obsolete: {{para|{{red|suffix}}}} (simply use the first unnamed parameter).

=== Examples ===
:Paste-ready example: {{Tlc|BLP sources|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}
:Example with reason: {{Tlc|BLP sources|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} |reason{{=}} }}

This template can be used with a "section" parameter to tag specific sections:
{{Tlc|BLP sources|section|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

== Redirects ==
# {{tl|BLP Improvereferences}}
# {{tl|BLP improvereferences}}
# {{tl|blp improvereferences}}
# {{tl|BLPImprovereferences}}
# {{tl|BLPimprovereferences}}
# {{tl|blpimprovereferences}}
# {{tl|BLPmoreref}}
# {{tl|BLP Refimprove}}
# {{tl|BLP refimprove}}
# {{tl|blp refimprove}}
# {{tl|BLPRefimprove}}
# {{tl|BLPrefimprove}}
# {{tl|blprefimprove}}
# {{tl|BLP Sources}}
# {{tl|blp sources}}
# {{tl|BLPSources}}
# {{tl|BLPsources}}
# {{tl|blpsources}}
# {{tl|BLP more sources}}
# {{tl|refimprove-BLP}}

==Tracking categories==
The template populates:
* {{clc|Pages using BLP sources with unknown parameters}} – when unrecognized parameters are invoked on the transcluding page.

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>{
"description": "A template to display that a biography of a living person needs additional sources",
"params": {
  "date": {
    "label": "Date",
    "description": "The month and year the template was added, in the form \"July 2013\"",
    "type": "string",
    "required": true,
    "autovalue": "{{SUBST:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{SUBST:CURRENTYEAR}}",
    "example": "June 2016"
  },
  "reason": {
    "label": "Reason",
    "description": "A reason for adding the tag",
    "type": "string"
  },
  "1": {
    "label": "Section",
    "description": "Add \"section\" if the tag applies to a particular section",
    "type": "string"
  }
}}</templatedata>

== See also ==
* {{tl|BLP unverified}} – for [[Wikipedia:Stub|stubbing]] inadequately referenced BLPs
* {{tl|BLP noticeboard}} – for BLP articles that are being discussed on the [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard|BLP noticeboard]]
* [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons]]
* [[Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources]]
* [[Wikipedia:Verifiability]]

{{Citation and verifiability article maintenance templates}}

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