You're mistaking what I said. I did not say that subjects can edit their own wiki biographies with impunity and force. What I said is that subjects speaking about themselves have a wide latitude. If the New Bedford Post (newspaper) reports that "Britney Spears was born on Mars" and Britney in her personal blog reports that "I was not!", we can report both, and equally, even though Britney is speaking in-the-first-person. A subject's own statements, about themselves, can always be reported in their own biography. I'm not saying that they would edit those in. I'm saying that we can. Not that we should or must, only that we can. Will Johnson In a message dated 12/27/2008 8:58:41 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, wilhelm(a)nixeagle.org writes: I thought the last time I checked subjects were asked to *not* edit their pages... And generally when they do... Someone shouts COI at them. (I generally agree with subjects not dictating their pages but some of the users that deal with COI in the past were not always that nice to the subjects.... Anyway, I just wanted to point out that subjects don't get THAT much leeway. St leafy not as of 3 months ago.) On 12/27/08, WJhonson(a)aol.com <WJhonson(a)aol.com> wrote: (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaol…) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaol…) _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l