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When you add a biography to BiographicalWiki.com you must [[Biographical_Wiki:adding|create a new page]] for that biography. The new pages name will be the name of the person in the biography.

In order to keep the page names consistent please remember these recommendations:

*Given name(s) first followed by the last name

<blockquote>Example:  Martha Ann Truman</blockquote>

*The name is followed by a the birth and death years in parentheses

<blockquote>Example: Martha Ann Truman (1850-1892)</blockquote>

*Women are always listed by their maiden name

*If only a birth year is known, leave the death year blank

<blockquote>Example: (1850-)</blockquote>

*If only a death year is known, leave the birth year blank

<blockquote>Example: (-1892)</blockquote>


Some notes:

*Including the birth and death years will help people find the right person by looking only at page names
*If you don't know the birth or death year for biography, leave the parentheses off of the page name
*Page names can be [[Biographical Wiki:Moving Pages|changed later]]
*If a person is living, DO NOT create a page for them. Instead, link them to the [[Living]] page

[[Category:Help|Naming Pages]]