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Local Police Chiefs Enlisted IT Consultant to Create Their Wikipedia Pages
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 2:31 am
by Bbb23sucks
Re: Local Police Chiefs Enlisted IT Consultant to Create Their Wikipedia Pages
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 4:01 am
by ericbarbour
Can already hear the snuffling: OH BUT IT'S ALREADY FIXED
21:00, 30 September 2024 Hemiauchenia talk contribs 17,742 bytes −19 Having read sources and having edited the article to remove the most overt puffery, I don't think this article has an issue with a promotion now. The praise seems to reflect the contents of the sources. undo Tag: Visual edit
THE MAGICAL WIKI IS NEVER WRONG.....at least sometimes.....chances are pretty good that he saw your post and went to those articles. Another case of a WP criticism forum doing the Wikipedian's job.
Re: Local Police Chiefs Enlisted IT Consultant to Create Their Wikipedia Pages
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:31 pm
by Dr Mario
You could probably create a Wikipedia article about yourself if you cite properly a relable thrid party sources.
Re: Local Police Chiefs Enlisted IT Consultant to Create Their Wikipedia Pages
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:44 pm
by ericbarbour
Dr Mario wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:31 pm
You could probably create a Wikipedia article about yourself if you cite properly a relable thrid party sources.
I've seen hundreds of examples of this. Gave up counting them more than 12 years ago.
Re: Local Police Chiefs Enlisted IT Consultant to Create Their Wikipedia Pages
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:48 pm
by Ognistysztorm
Dr Mario wrote: ↑Sun Mar 30, 2025 9:31 pm
You could probably create a Wikipedia article about yourself if you cite properly a relable thrid party sources.
That's right. In principle Wikipedia do allow people to create articles about themselves provided they followed all procedures and conventions to the teeth. However there are cases like Johanna Janhonen where toxic and obnoxious editors will still find a way to gaslight the admins into banning you even if you follow their rules and if you happen to contradict their worldviews to any degree.
Re: Local Police Chiefs Enlisted IT Consultant to Create Their Wikipedia Pages
Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2025 1:46 am
by ericbarbour
Ognistysztorm wrote: ↑Fri Apr 04, 2025 10:48 pm
In principle Wikipedia do allow people to create articles about themselves provided they followed all procedures and conventions to the teeth. However there are cases like Johanna Janhonen where toxic and obnoxious editors will still find a way to gaslight the admins into banning you even if you follow their rules and if you happen to contradict their worldviews to any degree.
Even following "procedure" and "policies" is no guarantee the article will last. The best way is to follow the example of Ed "Beyond My Ken" Fitzgerald, who showed up on WP for ONE purpose:
to glorify his employer, semi-obscure off-Broadway choreographer David Gordon. Ed supported complete raging assholes like Mathsci and habitually posted his predictable pro-cult opinions on noticeboards. He's been on Wikipedia since 2005.....TWENTY YEARS. Sucking up whenever possible.
Wanna see something "funny"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... ockpuppets
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?ti ... ond+My+Ken