BEFORE STARTING A NEW BIOGRAPHY PAGE:

1) Please consult the DACB Potential Subject pages to see if the DACB already has a biography of the person you wish to write on. Each country index has a link at the top to the Potential Subjects page for that country. If the DACB does have a story on your subject, please ensure that your biography contains NEW information or a different perspective so as to avoid creating duplicate material. 

2) DACB-Wiki is a history project, not a “Who’s Who” of living subjects, and as such, does not accept biographies of living people. There are issues of discretion that arise when writing about individuals who are still alive. Biographies of living subjects will be removed. In addition, autobiographies are not acceptable.  

 
Guidelines for Writers

When writing a biography, please provide information on as many of the following categories as possible. 

1. Given name(s) of Person. As necessary, provide explanations of these names.

• Baptismal names
• Kinship names
• Nicknames

2. Family names. If there is more than one spouse, list the children under the appropriate mother or father.

• Ethno-linguistic group
• Kinship group
• Father
• Mother
• Wife/Wives
• Husband/Husbands
• Children
• Grandchildren

3. Life Story

• Date or approximate date of birth
• Place of birth: village, city, province, nation
• Unusual circumstances associated with birth
• Formative experiences, such as illnesses, personal misfortunes, tragedies, visions, etc.
• Education, degrees (including dates)
• Conversion (including date, if applicable)
• Calling and/or ordination to ministry (including date)
• Date or approximate date, place, and circumstances of death

4. Nationality / citizenship / ethno-linguistic group and kinship group
5. Languages, including first, second, third, fourth, fifth, etc.
6. Church affiliation

• Roman Catholic
• Orthodox; Coptic
• Protestant (Conciliar, Evangelical, Anabaptist)
• Independent (African initiated, Spiritual, Pentecostal / charismatic)

7. Names, locations, and descriptions of churches begun or served by the Subject

8. Ministry details: Where? How long? What happened? Short term and long term impact? (Please provide detailed information wherever possible, including anecdotes, stories, and hearsay)

9. Continuing influence and significance of the Subject

10. Publications, reports, writings, letters, musical compositions, artistic contributions by the Subject

11. Sources of information about the Subject

• Unpublished

1. Eyewitness accounts (give names and addresses of storytellers who are or were eyewitnesses; include details of their relationship to the Subject)
2. Oral and anecdotal (give names and addresses of storytellers wherever possible, and include details of their relationship to the Subject)

• Published (include full bibliographic data wherever possible: book title, author, publisher, year of publication; title of chapter within a book, author of the chapter, title of the book, name of the editor of the book, full publication data; title of article in periodical, author of article, periodical title, date of periodical, page numbers of article, place of publication.)

12. Other pertinent information
 
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