[WikiEN-l] Re: The Church of Scientology is discovered to have discovered Wikipedia!

[Geoffrey Burling]

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.
>