https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pall_Thayer
On Sun, May 25, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Pall Thayer <[email protected]> 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" <[email protected]> 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. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> > -- ***************************** Pall Thayer artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org *****************************
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