On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 13:08, Casey Brown <cbrown1023...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Ken Arromdee <arrom...@rahul.net> wrote: >> (And WP:COI really does seem to say it's a conflict of interest for an >> article about the Earth to be made by Earthlings. It's easy to invoke IAR >> and say that that's not what it's supposed to mean, but it's not all that >> different from other examples that we're supposed to take seriously as being >> COI.) > > In all seriousness, this is why it's just a guideline and not a > policy. There are no problems with a subject editing his or her own > article (or someone directly related to the subject), as long as they > follow our other policies and guidelines.
Unfortunately, that was not my experience with the FOSS article [[MojoMojo]]. I am one of the project contributors and have first-hand knowledge of the subject. After submitting outside references from reliable specialized sources, and disclosing the fact that I am a contributor, I was accused of COI throughout the AfD and on IRC. -- Dan [[User:Dandv]] _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
