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

[Bishakha Datta]

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.


Totally agree with you, Bala.

I've been cc-d on a couple of these emails and unfortunately, people who
are famous in their fields, do seem to feel they are above examination. The
attitude that sometimes comes across is this: "How dare anyone write
negatively about me!" (Regardless of the facts of the situ).

So if we whitewash negative information in these situations, knowledge and
neutrality are the first casualties.

Best
Bishakha
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