[WikiEN-l] People editing their own Wikipedia articles.

[Alphax (Wikipedia email)]

Matt Brown wrote:
> Daniel Brandt is far from the first subject of a Wikipedia article to come
> along, find the article, and try to 'fix' it, edit it, delete it, or even
> boost themselves on it. And he won't be the last. As Wikipedia becomes more
> and more in the public eye, and as well-known people become more and more
> familiar with online things, we'll see it quite often.
> 
> We should be more prepared for this. Do we even have a page to point people
> at if they are themselves the subject of a Wikipedia article, explaining how
> Wikipedia works when it comes to biographies of living persons, and how they
> should engage with Wikipedia to improve articles on themselves? If not, we
> should.
>

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