The issues were of information added without RS, biased information and language that was encyclopedic. The issue was sorted but I thought there may be a formal process - thanks to Soda Bottle for providing the link. Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:58:10 +0530 From: parakara.ghoda(a)gmail.com To: wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] People of stature unhappy with own articles WhereDevilsDare, As Bala pointed out, pages have to be neutral.Example:Look at any Politician's page, it's always Pro-them, rarely is it balanced.We need to have things neutral. If these guys get to decide what goes on their page, it'll be a Conflict of Interest.Even a simple controversy against a person, if added, shouldn't be removed.Regards, On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabottle(a)gmail.com> wrote: Yes there is. direct them to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AUTOPROB#Problems_in_an_article_abou… But they shouldn't be expecting wikipedia to do a whitewashing / PR fluff job on it. Sometimes, if they are actually trying to remove negative material about them (and there is a ton of it in RS) it leads to a backlash and more gets added to the article. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striesand_effect) On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, <wheredevelsdare(a)hotmail.com> wrote: Hiya, Me and a couple of others have been contacted by a couple of people of stature having Wikipedia articles about themselves recently about the articles having derogatory and inaccurate information about them. Is there any procedure set which such people can follow to have an admin look into their page? Kind Regards, _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on December 10th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabottle(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote: Totally agree with you, Bala. I've been cc-d on a couple of these emails and unfortunately, people who are famous in their fields, do seem to feel they are above examination. The attitude that sometimes comes across is this: "How dare anyone write negatively about me!" (Regardless of the facts of the situ). So if we whitewash negative information in these situations, knowledge and neutrality are the first casualties. Best Bishakha