How to Add Bio References to Your Articles

Generally, Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, independent, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. All material within articles must be attributable to these sources, with the exception of quotes and challenged or likely-challenged material. Sources may be primary or secondary. Reputable tertiary sources (such as introductory-level university textbooks, almanacs, and encyclopedias) may be used in a limited manner.

Ideally, biomedical assertions should be supported by general or systematic reviews in well-respected medical journals and widely recognised standard textbooks written by experts in the field, or medical guidelines and position statements issued by nationally or internationally reputable expert bodies. Individual, primary-source studies are rarely appropriate for use in articles on living people or in articles on highly technical topics, unless the original research was conducted under conditions that meet Wikipedia's citation standards.

In a few cases, a person's role in an event may be sufficiently significant to warrant their own article. In these cases, it is usually necessary to establish their notability using additional criteria, such as having a disproportionate impact on an event or a substantial influence on the development of ideas in a field. If these criteria are not met, the person's biography should be redirected to an article on the event, such as WP:CRIME.