diff --git a/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml b/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml
index f7cfda93b..9a80b7d05 100644
--- a/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml
+++ b/catalogues/dictionary_de.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,11 @@
     <entry xml:id="tools">Tools</entry>
     <entry xml:id="development">Entwicklung</entry>
     <!--  error warnings  -->
-    <entry xml:id="noBioFound">Keine biographischen Angaben gefunden</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFound">Biographische Kurzübersicht nicht vorliegend</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason">Kurzbiographie aus einem der folgenden Gründe nicht vorhanden</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason1">Daten werden erst zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt ergänzt</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason2">Die Recherchen der WeGA waren bislang erfolglos</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason3">Es handelt sich um eine allgemein bekannte Person, die bereits ausreichend an anderer Stelle erschlossen ist, vgl. etwa den Wikipedia-Link</entry>
     <entry xml:id="noDataFound">keine Angaben gefunden</entry>
     <entry xml:id="dateUnknown">Datum unbekannt</entry>
     <!--  Schlüsselwörter aus MARC Code List for Relators, siehe http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html  -->
diff --git a/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml b/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml
index d5094b9a3..4c9a9a32d 100644
--- a/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml
+++ b/catalogues/dictionary_en.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,11 @@
     <entry xml:id="tools">Tools</entry>
     <entry xml:id="development">Development</entry>
     <!--  error warnings  -->
-    <entry xml:id="noBioFound">No biographical data found</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFound">Biographical data not available</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason">Biography not available due to one of the following causes</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason1">Data will be added at a later stage</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason2">Research of the WeGA was without success so far</entry>
+    <entry xml:id="noBioFoundReason3">It is a well known person where enough information is available online elsewhere, cf. e.g Wikipedia</entry>
     <entry xml:id="noDataFound">no data found</entry>
     <entry xml:id="dateUnknown">date unknown</entry>
     <!--  Schlüsselwörter aus MARC Code List for Relators, siehe http://www.loc.gov/marc/relators/relaterm.html  -->
diff --git a/modules/ajax.xqm b/modules/ajax.xqm
index b63b1eaef..88d366b9c 100644
--- a/modules/ajax.xqm
+++ b/modules/ajax.xqm
@@ -250,7 +250,15 @@ return (
             </div>
         else 
             if($person//tei:event) then ()
-            else <div id="bioSummary"><i>({lang:get-language-string('noBioFound',$lang)})</i></div>,
+            else <div id="bioSummary">
+                    <p><i>{lang:get-language-string('noBioFound',$lang)}</i></p>
+                    <p style="font-size: smaller;">{lang:get-language-string('noBioFoundReason',$lang)}:</p>
+                    <ul style="font-size: smaller;">
+                        <li> {lang:get-language-string('noBioFoundReason1',$lang)} </li>
+                        <li> {lang:get-language-string('noBioFoundReason2',$lang)} </li>
+                        <li> {lang:get-language-string('noBioFoundReason3',$lang)} </li>
+                    </ul>
+                </div>,
         if($id eq 'A002068') then 
             if ($lang eq 'en') then ()
             else <p class="linkAppendix">Einen ausführlichen Lebenslauf finden Sie in der <a href="{core:join-path-elements(($baseHref, '/de/Biographie'))}">erweiterten Biographie</a></p> 
@@ -609,10 +617,7 @@ declare function ajax:printTranscription($docID as xs:string, $lang as xs:string
         else ()
     let $head := 
         if(config:is-letter($docID)) then wega:getLetterHead($doc, $lang)
-        else if(config:is-news($docID)) then element h1 {
-            transform:transform($doc//tei:fileDesc/tei:titleStmt/tei:title[@level='a'], doc(concat($config:xsl-collection-path, '/common_main.xsl')), config:get-xsl-params(()))
-            (:string($doc//tei:title[@level='a']):)
-            }
+        else if(config:is-news($docID)) then element h1 {string($doc//tei:title[@level='a'])}
         else if(config:is-writing($docID)) then wega:getWritingHead($doc, $xslParams, $lang)
         else ()
     let $body :=