PBC:Manual of Style/Biography

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This page sets out guidelines for achieving visual and textual consistency in biographical articles and in biographical information in other articles; such consistency allows PBC to be used more easily. While this guideline focuses on biographies, its advice pertains, where applicable, to all articles that mention people.

For a short version, see PBC:Biography dos and don'ts.

Lead section

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The lead section must summarise the life and works of the person with due weight. When writing about controversies in the lead section of a biography, relevant material should neither be suppressed nor allowed to overwhelm: always pay scrupulous attention to reliable sources, and make sure the lead correctly reflects the entirety of the article. Write clinically, and let the facts speak for themselves. These concerns are especially pressing at biographies of living persons.

Well-publicized recent events affecting a subject, whether controversial or not, should be kept in historical perspective. What is most recent is not necessarily what is most noteworthy: new information should be carefully balanced against old, with due weight accorded to each.

When a subject dies, the lead need not be radically reworked; PBC is not a memorial site. Unless the cause of death is itself a reason for notability, a single sentence describing the death is usually sufficient, and often none is included in the lead at all, just a death date.

Opening paragraph

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MoS guidelines for opening paragraphs should generally be followed, and the opening paragraph of a biographical article should establish notability, neutrally describe the person, and provide context. The opening paragraph should usually state:

  1. Name. Handling of the subject's name is covered below in
  2. Aliases, if found in the sources.
  3. Legal/Real name, if found in the sources and verified.
  4. Dates of birth and death, if found in the sources.
  5. Place of birth and death, if found in the sources. City, Region/State/Province, Country.
    1. In cases where the name of the city and province coincide, the name of the region/state/province is omitted.
  6. Context: nationality and occupations of the person is given in the form of an enumeration;
    1. The following order of listing the occupation of a person is established: pornograpchic actor, <professional occupation (e.g. bodybuilder, mma fighter etc)>, <intermediate occupations>, <additional occupation (e.g. escort)>/<professional occupation (e.g. bodybuilder, mma fighter etc)>, <extended list of modeling options (such as adult, webcam, glamour, fitness model etc)>, <additional occupation (e.g. escort>/<professional occupation (e.g. bodybuilder, mma fighter etc)>.
      1. Examples of proper formatting:
        1. Yes check.svg Johan Kane (also known as Ramon; born Sebastiaan van Leersum, 22 June 1990(1990-06-22) in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch pornographic actor, glamour, adult model, and escort.
        2. Yes check.svg Johan Kane (also known as Ramon; born Sebastiaan van Leersum, 22 June 1990(1990-06-22) in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch pornographic actor, escort, glamour and adult model.
      2. Examples of incorrect formatting:
        1. X mark.svg Johan Kane, also known as Ramon (born Sebastiaan van Leersum, 22 June 1990(1990-06-22) in Netherlands, Amsterdam, North Holland) is a Dutch escort, glamour model, adult model, pornographic actor.
        2. X mark.svg Johan Kane (also known as Ramon; born Sebastiaan van Leersum, 22 June 1990(1990-06-22) in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch adult model, escort, glamour model and pornographic actor.
        3. X mark.svg Johan Kane (also known as Ramon; born Sebastiaan van Leersum, 22 June 1990(1990-06-22) in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch adult model, escort and glamour model and pornographic actor.
        4. X mark.svg Johan Kane (also known as Ramon; born Sebastiaan van Leersum, 22 June 1990(1990-06-22) in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands) is a Dutch escort, adult model, pornographic actor and glamour.
  7. Additional notes about the person.

Birth date and place

The opening paragraph should usually have dates of birth and (when applicable) death. These dates (specific day–month–year) are important information about the subject, but if they are also mentioned in the body, the vital year range (in brackets after the person's full name) may be sufficient to provide context. Birth and death places, if known, should be mentioned in the body of the article.

Birth and death labels are included only when needed for clarity. When given, use full words, whether immediately preceding a date or not:

For full details on how to format simple and complex dates and ranges,