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

[Matt Brown]

On 11/10/05, Christopher Larberg <christopherlarberg at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't see what's so bad about having subjects of articles edit their
> own articles. They may be able to add information unobtainable elsewhere
> (after all, you can't get a much better source than the subject matter
> his/herself). There's the danger of POV-pushing, of course, but I don't
> see it as much different from fans of something editing the article(s)
> about the object of their fandom. We certainly shouldn't discourage
> anyone from editing, in my view.
>

The interaction between NOR and a subject's own personal experience is
difficult. The danger is that the subject of an article is likely to make
that article a primary source, and enter information for which there is no
collaborating evidence elsewhere.

-Matt