On 22/04/06, maru dubshinki <marudubshinki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Guideline, pretty sure.
Yep, [[WP:AUTO]]. IMHO we'd be better off with a strict "don't edit
your own article" policy, telling people to suggest changes on the
talk page. One reason is that by editing the page directly, you reduce
the ability of other people to shape your text for NPOV without
offending you. For example, you add the sentence "Joe Bloggs's latest
film enjoyed considerable success in Asia and Australia". A separate
author might simple have written "Joe Bloggs' latest film was released
in Asia and Australia", but they wouldn't necessarily want to start a
discussion over it...
Basically, any time you edit your article directly, your feelings risk
being hurt, and that's going to affect the way other users behave. By
keeping you out of the article altogether, the normal wikipedia
processes can function better, while you provide input from the
sidelines.
Steve