Jimbo wrote:
At a very minimum, it seems most tasteful for anyone
about whom we do
have an entry to recuse themselves from working on it.
Um...I've done some edits to the Wikipedia article about me (which
was originally created by Ed Poor).
I don't see how this is inappropriate. I arguably have a "conflict of
interest" in what I write about myself, but on the other hand, I know
quite a bit about the topic. Anyway, there's nothing in the Wikipedia
rules to prohibit people with conflicts of interest from
contributing. We don't ask people who work for drug companies to
recuse themselves from posting information about health-related
topics. The ethos here is that people are allowed to have their own
POV but are expected to work constructively with others in arriving
at articles that are NPOV (insofar as that is attainable).
In the case of the article about myself, both Ed Poor and I have
strong (and differing) opinions on the topic, but I don't have any
problem with the role he has played in editing my bio, and I haven't
seen him express any objections to the role I've played myself.
I'm mentioning this now partly as a heads-up so that if anyone DOES
object to the way I've contributed to my own article, they should
feel invited to fix it the usual wiki way -- by making whatever
revisions they feel are appropriate. Here's the URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheldon_Rampton
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| Sheldon Rampton
| Editor, PR Watch (
www.prwatch.org)
| Author of books including:
| Friends In Deed: The Story of US-Nicaragua Sister Cities
| Toxic Sludge Is Good For You
| Mad Cow USA
| Trust Us, We're Experts
| Weapons of Mass Deception
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