[WikiEN-l] Easter Bradford

Fri Aug 8 14:24:55 UTC 2003

Graham Burnett wrote:
> Someone with an axe to grind keeps inserting POV stuff into
> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bradford and accusing anyone who makes
> any changes/reverts of being a 'liar'. Personally I've never even heard of
> Easter Bradford, but could somebody else cast an eye on this before I get
> drawn into an edit war about something I couldn't even care less about?

I would say that the bulk of that entry fails the confirmability test.
It does appear that someone with an axe to grind is doubting the
veracity of the information given, and without some independent
sources, my feeling is that the article should be removed or at least
cut back to a stub of confirmable information.

I just said the same thing on the talk page, and probably this
discussion can just continue there, as there's not really a policy
issue just yet.  Policy nerds such as myself should take note of this
as a good example for future discussions of people editing articles
about themselves.

My general feeling is that it is almost always a social faux pas to
write an article about yourself.  It's nearly always a faux pas to
even edit such an article, although if someone else wrote an entry
about you (and I'm not talking about a buddy that you put up to it!)
I suppose it wouldn't be horrible to step in and correct factual
errors.

To me there's a certain unsavory braggadocio involved in proclaiming
oneself to be worthy of an encyclopedia article.

--Jimbo