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==Conflict of interest==

Wikipedia shouldn't be edited to promote a users own interests, or those of other people or businesses. For example: you shouldn't write an article about yourself, your friend or family member, or the company you work for!

==I'm a notable person (really, I am!), so can I write my own article? If not, what should I do?==

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==I found an article about someone I know and there is wrong information in it, what do I do?==

*[[User:Trevj|Trevj's reply]]:

*There is a complete policy on [[Wikipedia:biographies of living persons|biographies of living persons]], with potentially defamatory material subject to [[WP:BLPREMOVE|immediate removal]]. In the case of inaccuracies, and where the article's subject is known personally to you, either:

*#discuss the information on the article's talk page, stating what's incorrect and how you know this to be the case (also clearly declare your [[WP:conflict of interest|conflict of interest]]); or

*#correct the information yourself, again being sure to clearly declare your conflict of interest on the talk page and/or in the Edit summary depending on the nature of the information/presence of references.

**If in doubt, default to ''not'' performing the edit yourself (with an exception in the case of potentially defamatory material).

:<span style="white-space:nowrap;">-- [[User:Trevj#top|Trevj]]</span> ([[User talk:Trevj#top|talk]]) 15:59, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

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==I've been assigned to work on my employer's article. Is that all right?==

*[[User:Bilby|Bilby's reply]]:

There has been a lot of discussion on Wikipedia about this in recent months. Strictly speaking you can, but in practice there are a lot of problem that arise and which might put you in a bad position. The main concern is that it is hard to be neutral in what you add to the article when you need to satisfy your employer's needs, and if changes are not neutral your alterations will be removed. Instead of making changes directly, the recommended approach is to suggest changes on the talk page of the article - you will find that via the "talk" tab at the top of each page. You may also wish to talk to the people at [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cooperation|Wikiproject:Cooperation]], who offer assistance to those who are editing articles related to their employment, and the project has a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Cooperation/Paid Editor Help|help page]] you can turn to. And finally, the [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard|conflict of interest noticboardnoticeboard]] is used both to discuss editors with conflicts of interstinterest and for editors to ask for assistance and advice, so that may prove to be a useful place to turn. - [[User:Bilby|Bilby]] ([[User talk:Bilby|talk]]) 07:09, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

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