[NetBehaviour] Please help me with Wikipedia!!

[arn]

All that is (a bit) wrong, the only (let's say the main) thing is that: 
once you're name is on WP, the www page belong to WP (as a community), 
and you can't delete it. You're allowed (and encouraged) to modify it 
and are maybe the best one to do this.

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yann_Le_Guennec


On 26/05/2014 03:02, Pall Thayer wrote:
> It goes without saying that an article about oneself, written by oneself is
> not an authoritative article. Yes, you can be an authority on yourself but
> only for yourself. Your commentary will be inherently introspective. You
> cant be an authority for others.
> On May 25, 2014 8:52 PM, "Rob Myers" <rob at robmyers.org> wrote:
>
>> Randall Packer:
>>>
>>> I consider writing one¹s own bio on Wikipedia not
>>> only critical to making sure the information is accurate, but it is
>> actually
>>> empowering for the artist to take control of this platform to communicate
>>> precisely who they are. Too often artists are at the mercy of curators,
>>> editors, and dealers, etc., who think they know the true meaning and
>> spirit
>>> of an artist¹s work and identity. In Wikipedia, the artist can say
>> (almost)
>>> exactly what needs to be said and how to say it. Not that Wikipedia
>> doesn¹t
>>> have rules: it is crucial to cite references, including links to other
>>> relevant Wikipedia articles, etc.
>>
>> The Wikipedian viewpoint is that editing one's own article is likely to
>> lead to a conflict of interest or to a non-neutral point of view:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view
>>
>>> A solution that I chose, was to
>>> appropriate the biography of another artist, and use it as a structural
>>> framework. But from the point on, I keep up my Wikipedia biography as I
>>> would a carefully tended garden.
>>>
>>> If an artist can¹t maintain their own bio on Wikipedia, then the Web is
>>> dead.
>>
>> Wikipedia strongly recommend against creating or maintaining one's own
>> article:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography
>>
>> If for no other reason than it can be annoying to deal with
>> wikilawyering deletionists when some n00b doesn't bother doing the five
>> seconds of Googling it would take to establish notability for you.
>>
>> Your article is well written and has strong citations. I've added it to
>> my watchlist.
>>
>> - Rob.
>>
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