On 4/4/06, Phil Boswell <phil.boswell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I wonder whether "don't bite the
newbies" needs to be amplified when it
comes to this kind of person: it's bad enough when we're rude to someone who
doesn't have sufficient clout to make a stink elsewhere. Deliberately
pissing-off someone who could bring us much good publicity is simply asking
for trouble, and Assuming Bad Faith simply because they're editing their own
article should be stomped on hard.
I agree, but I think the policy should be quite firm: Don't edit your
own articles, add the material/corrections to the talk page instead.
We don't have to accuse anyone of vanity, having an agenda etc. Sort
of like the "For your safety, this store has surveillance cameras". Of
course we trust *you* not to add false information to your own page,
but you wouldn't want us to allow *other* people to modify their
pages, would you?
I also think it makes the encyclopaedia look better if we have that
kind of editing standard. "I tried to spin my article, but some
editors stepped in and said they welcomed my contributions, but
preferred to do the editing for me." As opposed to "Yeah, I took out
that crap about a stupid promise I made 10 years ago and no one
stopped me."
Steve