 | This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
 | This page describes a process based upon a bot that is being presented for approval. Users are currently encouraged to tag articles that meet the "at risk" criteria for BLPWatch, and also encouraged to join the monitoring channel to watch for recent changes to BLPWatch-tagged articles as soon as the bot begins running. Automated tags and tag management capabilities are currently under trial. This notice can be removed when the trial period ends. |
 | This page in a nutshell: Any page that is considered "at risk" of untoward editing of biographical material may be tagged for BLPWatch monitoring by any editor, and will then be automatically monitored by users for a period of some months, easily extensible in the case of ongoing problems. IRC-based users are asked to help monitor the reports from BLPWatch to ensure quality control of BLPs. |
Quality control on biographical articles ("BLPs", short for "biographies of living persons") is a high priority for Wikipedia.
BLPWatch is a new BLP monitoring system whereby a user who feels a page is at risk from a BLP perspective (vandalism, smearing, improper negative or unsourced information being added, or "slanting"), or any untoward editing related to biographical material, may "tag" the page after correction, to automatically have its edits watched for an extended period of time on behalf of users and biography subjects.
It is effectively a controlled recent changes feed specifically for BLP-related pages that any user deems "at risk", together with protective code to address vandalistic removal of monitoring.
BLPWatch is most suitable for biographical articles that have been rectified following obvious problems or following consensus, but where concerns exist over repetition.
For manual patrol of biographies of living persons, see Wikipedia:Living People Patrol.