How to create biography on wikipedia

Wikipedia's policy on how to handle material about living persons and biographies of living persons applies to every page on the project, including talk pages. If Wikipedia has published material about you, and you need help, you can:

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Overview

How biographical articles are written and edited

Anyone may create an article on any topic in Wikipedia, within broad criteria:

All topics in general:

Must be capable of neutral presentation, must adhere to Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not, and must be notable. The word "notable" is used on Wikipedia to mean that independent reliable sources have taken notice of the subject.

Biographical material about living people ("BLPs") specifically:

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