Hey all,
Apologies if this isn't the appropriate list/discussion to post to; I learned a
lot by following the last BLP discussion, so I'm hoping to get some advice
here. It's a question that as a technology consultant I'm asked a lot, and I
don't have the greatest answer...
I have a friend
Hi Deanna,
This is a great question, and something that comes up a lot. There's lots that
can be said, but I think the best piece of advice is this: it is NOT prohibited
for her to edit her own biography. The conflict of interest guideline is just
that..a guideline, not policy.
Of course it's
Hey all,
Apologies if this isn't the appropriate list/discussion to post to; I
learned a lot by following the last BLP discussion, so I'm hoping to get
some advice here. It's a question that as a technology consultant I'm
asked a lot, and I don't have the greatest answer...
I have a
On May 11, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Deanna Zandt wrote:
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Hey Deanna,
It's a tough problem. Your friend is right -- Wikipedia biographies of
people who are only marginally famous/notable (as opposed to, like,
Barack Obama) are among our lowest-quality articles, and
Hello (and please pardon the crossposting),
I am a Ph.D. researcher at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute in Galway,
Ireland. My Ph.D. topic is online discussions, specifically the reasoning and
arguments people use. I am currently studying Articles for Deletion in English
Wikipedia, to
Hi Deanna,
There is some basic advice for people wishing to edit (or complain about) their
ownbiographies here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notable_person_survival_kit
Otherwise, drop me or some of the established women editors on this list a
private note identifying the article,
Hi Deanna,
There is some basic advice for people wishing to edit (or complain about)
their ownbiographies here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notable_person_survival_kit
Otherwise, drop me or some of the established women editors on this list
a private note identifying the article,
