What is Wikipedia’s biography of living persons policy?

The Biographies of Living Persons policy is the most strictly enforced policy on Wikipedia, and understanding it is essential to any executive reputation work that touches the platform. The core requirement is that any contentious claim about a living person must be supported by high-quality reliable sources. Contentious unsourced material can and should be removed immediately, even without consensus, and editors who repeatedly add such material can be sanctioned. The framing has to be neutral, which means avoiding loaded language, undue weight, and treatment that does not reflect the balance of reliable sources. For executives and high-profile individuals dealing with thin or inaccurate negative claims on their articles, the BLP policy is the structural lever: a well-formulated Talk-page request citing BLP and demonstrating the sourcing weakness has a much higher success rate than a general request for the content to be softened.