Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Biography

DW has proposed the following (please comment on the talk page):

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NAME: year dates, occupation.

John Smith (1920-1990), Medical Scientist

SPACE

Born John William George Peabody Smith on July 5, 1920, he was etc.

Make paragraphs short (See HarperCollins/Random House or amy other publisher about readability, interest span in the 21st Century etc.

LAST LINE (always): John Smith died on December 1, 1990 and was interred in ????.