[Wikimediaindia-l] People of stature unhappy with own articles

[Vickram Crishna]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 2:58 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan <
parakara.ghoda at gmail.com> wrote:

> WhereDevilsDare,
> As Bala pointed out, pages have to be neutral.
> Example:Look at any Politician's page, it's always Pro-them, rarely is it
> balanced.
> We need to have things neutral.
> If these guys get to decide what goes on their page, it'll be a Conflict
> of Interest.
>

+1


> Even a simple controversy against a person, if added, shouldn't be removed.
>

This is true, but it does not mean that unproven allegations form part of
acceptable content, I think. If a person is accused, for instance, in
court, that charge may be mentioned, but not giving the impression the
charge is proven. Citations will be very important in such situations.
Since only a handful of courts in India have gone online, it may be
difficult to assert charges filed in some courts.



> Regards,
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bala Jeyaraman <sodabottle at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Yes there is. direct them to
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AUTOPROB#Problems_in_an_article_about_you
>>
>> But they shouldn't be expecting wikipedia to do a whitewashing / PR fluff
>> job on it. Sometimes, if they are actually trying to remove negative
>> material about them  (and there is a ton of it in RS) it leads to a
>> backlash and more gets added to the article. (
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striesand_effect)
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 11:30 AM, <wheredevelsdare at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hiya,
>>>
>>> Me and a couple of others have been contacted by a couple of people of
>>> stature having Wikipedia articles about themselves recently about the
>>> articles having derogatory and inaccurate information about them. Is there
>>> any procedure set which such people can follow to have an admin look into
>>> their page?
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
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