User talk:MattKingston/Biography portal template
Biography portal On this day... articles:
Current practice is to format the pages like so (from May 23):
'''Born:''' *[[1707]] - [[Carolus Linnaeus]], Swedish botanist. *[[1810]] - [[Margaret Fuller]], journalist and feminist *[[1908]] - [[John Bardeen]], physicist. '''Died:''' *[[1701]] - [[Captain Kidd]], Scottish pirate. *[[1841]] - [[Franz Xaver von Baader]], German philosopher and theologian. *[[1906]] - [[Henrik Ibsen]], Norwegian writer.
Notice that:
- each page contains three births and deaths.
- births and deaths are from the corresponding List of historical anniversaries page.
- People are selected to represent as much diversity as possible (different countries, professions, time periods, etc...)
- Currently or recently living people aren't included, this page is intended to cover people who wouldn't be in the In the news... section.
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