[WikiEN-l] What can be done to let users fix it themselves?

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

Not to mention that the subject and other people will differ in opinion on
what is libellous and than you still have the fuzzier "undue weight" which,
while cited spends half an article talking about controversies that are
barely relevant.

Mgm


On 4/4/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/4/07, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
> > After a post here mentioned it, I went to WP:COI and WP:AUTO.
> >
> > These two articles seem to promote the view that you're not supposed to
> edit
> > an article about yourself.
> >
> > However, WP:BLP seems to suggest that you can to remove libel or
> unsourced
> > material, and it's a common refrain to complaints about Wikipedia, "why
> didn't
> > you just fix the article yourself?"
>
> Can we focus this debate on what we believe the correct situation
> should be, then update policy to match that?
>
> I don't think much good will come from telling people to fix libel in
> their own articles. Because
> a) They shouldn't have to
> b) It will quickly get confused and sound like you can change
> *anything* in your own articles
> c) It will probably cause an argument, especially because it will
> always be a newcomer who doesn't understand wikipedia, and things will
> end badly.
>
> It's much better the existing way, where libelees complain to OTRS or
> something, and something with a clue handles it.
>
> Steve
>
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