On Thu, 2005-11-10 at 23:05 -0700, Jim Trodel wrote:
I agree that having the subject of an article edit that article should be avoided - unfortunately some of the wikipedians (including Mr Wales*) have edited their own article so it sets a bad precedent. I would like to see those that edit their own article encouraged to request the changes on the talk page and allow others to make the changes.
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.