[WikiEN-l] let's be honest then

[Sean Barrett]

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Ken Arromdee stated for the record:
> On Sat, 31 Mar 2007, MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest#Editors_who_may_have_a_conflict_of_interest
> 
> No sane Wikipedia newcomer is going to read that section and think they are
> permitted to fix their own article about themselves. 

I agree with Ken.  If I were a non-Wikipedian who had just found nasty
stuff in my biography, I would interpret that section to be saying, in
brief, "you're screwed."

A box highlighted for emphasis taunts our hypothetical non-W who's
feeling wronged by the errors in her article "...you have no right to
control its content, and no right to delete it outside our normal
channels. Content is not deleted just because somebody doesn't like it.
Any editor may add material to the article...."

Now someone is going to point out all the weasel words in that section
and claim that they weaken the prohibitions so that they are actually
encouragements.  Go for it.

- --
 Sean Barrett     | That would have worked if you hadn't
 sean at epoptic.com | stopped me. --Dr. Egon Spengler
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