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[[File ress photographers at III Meeting of Fans of the TV series 'M jak miłość' in Gdynia 2009 - 2.jpg|right|thumb|Getting attention is not always a good thing]] | [[Fileress photographers at III Meeting of Fans of the TV series 'M jak miłość' in Gdynia 2009 - 2.jpg|right|thumb|Getting attention is not always a good thing]] |
| {{blockquote|text=That detail didn’t make it back on the page, but here’s what did, over the course of the next 24 hours: seemingly every moronic thing I’d written or had written about me; my parents’ careers; my age. ''My age''. It was an epic be-careful-what-you-wish-for moment.|author=[[Judith Newman]], commenting on the Wikipedia article about herself that she started}} | {{blockquote|text=That detail didn't make it back on the page, but here's what did, over the course of the next 24 hours: seemingly every moronic thing I'd written or had written about me; my parents' careers; my age. ''My age''. It was an epic be-careful-what-you-wish-for moment.|author=[[Judith Newman]], commenting on the Wikipedia article about herself that she started}} |
| '''An article about yourself is nothing to be proud of'''. The [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]] (NPOV) policy will ensure that both the good and the bad about you will be told, that whitewashing is not allowed, and that the [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] (COI) guideline limits your ability to edit out any negative material from an article about yourself. There are serious consequences of ignoring these, and the "[[WP:LUC|Law of Unintended Consequences]]" works on Wikipedia.<ref>For example, author [[Robert Clark Young]] is now better known for his attempts to add fluff to his own Wikipedia article than he was ever known for his books. Many other famous people have been embarrassed when caught editing their own articles – see [[Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia]]</ref> If your faults are minor and relatively innocent, then you have little to fear, but coveting "your" own article isn't something to seek, because it won't be your "own" at all. Once it's in Wikipedia, it is viewed by the world and cannot be recalled. | '''An article about yourself is nothing to be proud of'''. The [[WP:NPOV|neutral point of view]] (NPOV) policy will ensure that both the good and the bad about you will be told, that whitewashing is not allowed, and that the [[WP:COI|conflict of interest]] (COI) guideline limits your ability to edit out any negative material from an article about yourself. There are serious consequences of ignoring these, and the "[[WP:LUC|Law of Unintended Consequences]]" works on Wikipedia.<ref>For example, author [[Robert Clark Young]] is now better known for his attempts to add fluff to his own Wikipedia article than he was ever known for his books. Many other famous people have been embarrassed when caught editing their own articles – see [[Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia]]</ref> If your faults are minor and relatively innocent, then you have little to fear, but coveting "your" own article isn't something to seek, because it won't be your "own" at all. Once it's in Wikipedia, it is viewed by the world and cannot be recalled. |
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