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*The fully presented name with all names and titles, unabbreviated if the full names are known, should be '''in bold''' in the opening sentence or at least paragraph. e.g., '''Walter Edward Block, PhD''' or '''Percy L Greaves, Jr'''. Similarly, if the person was known by some other name or alias that wouldn't be obvious, that should also be mentioned in the first paragraph. | *The fully presented name with all names and titles, unabbreviated if the full names are known, should be '''in bold''' in the opening sentence or at least paragraph. e.g., '''Walter Edward Block, PhD''' or '''Percy L Greaves, Jr'''. Similarly, if the person was known by some other name or alias that wouldn't be obvious, that should also be mentioned in the first paragraph. | ||
*Depending on the roles that the person played in the LP, additional sections should follow with information about party positions, campaigns, or other activities. | *Depending on the roles that the person played in the LP, additional sections should follow with information about party positions, campaigns, or other activities. | ||
=====Biographical Articles vs. User Pages===== | |||
Libertarians who have been active in the party in any number of ways may also be contributors to LPedia. These people will typically be represented by two different kinds of articles/pages. | |||
* There should be a regular article about them, with content of the sort outlined above, just as if they were not themselves LPedia contributors. This is the place to write about their roles as party officers, candidates, and so on. In many cases at least some of this material will be provided by the subjects of such articles themselves, but regardless of who did the writing it should be done in the same style as for any other biographical article, third-person, and with appropriate attention to fairness and completeness. This is not the place for personal commentary by the subject of the article. (Of course links to documents published elsewhere that contain personal statements may be appropriate, as for such documents written by any other activist.) These articles are subject to editing by any other LPedia contributor on the same basis as any other biographical article -- they are not "owned" by the subject. | |||
* Each LPedia contributor has a separate page in the "User" namespace. This is a place where the contributor can freely post whatever information they consider appropriate to their role as a contributor to the site. At minimum, it should contain basic contact information. It may contain other biographical information, but if such information is extensive a link in the user page to the person's regular biographical article may be the better approach. | |||
==Conventions Relating to Historical Documents== | ==Conventions Relating to Historical Documents== | ||