What is Wikipedia’s biography of living persons policy?

The Biographies of Living Persons (BLP) policy is the most strictly enforced policy on Wikipedia, and understanding it is essential to any executive reputation work that touches the platform. Its core requirement is that any contentious claim about a living person must be supported by high-quality reliable sources.

What BLP requires

• High-quality sourcing. Any material about a living person that is challenged or likely to be challenged must be supported by an inline citation to a reliable, published source.
• Immediate removal of unsupported claims. Contentious material that is unsourced or poorly sourced – whether negative, positive, or merely questionable – can and should be removed immediately, even without waiting for consensus.
• Neutral framing. Coverage must avoid loaded language and undue weight, and must reflect the balance of what reliable sources say rather than disparaging or sympathizing with the subject.
• Enforcement. Editors who persistently or egregiously add policy-violating material may be sanctioned or blocked from editing.

For executives and high-profile individuals dealing with thin or inaccurate negative claims on their articles, BLP is the structural lever. In our experience, a well-formulated Talk-page request that cites BLP and demonstrates the specific sourcing weakness tends to land far better than a general request to soften the content – because it names a concrete policy violation rather than asking editors to take the subject’s side.