Please be careful when quoting other people. I did not write any of the text attributed to me below.
Geoff
On Thu, 15 Jul 2004, Sheldon Rampton wrote:
Geoff Burling wrote:
I find this quite alarming. At the existing policy page [[Wikipedia:Auto-biography]] we find "editing an article about yourself or your organization is also generally considered improper and best avoided." Should we announce a change of policy now?
As currently worded, this policy page contradicts itself. On the one hand, it states:
If you are reasonably significant, someone will create an article about you sooner or later. You are free to contribute to that article, but please only add verifiable information and be especially careful to respect the neutral point of view.
This says unambiguously that it is okay for people to contribute to articles about themselves. Later, however, the article states,
Editing an article about yourself or your organization is also generally considered improper and best avoided.
Since there is no clear difference between "contributing" to the Wikipedia and "editing an article," these two statements contradict each other.