Editing Eurovision Wiki:Teahouse (section)

== Biography  ==

I’m the subject of a potential biography (Professor Chris Hopkins, healthcare scientist and President of the Academy for Healthcare Science). I understand conflict-of-interest rules and would like advice or help from a neutral editor creating the article. [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-16476-42|&#126;2026-16476-42]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-16476-42|talk]]) 20:09, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

:Hello, @[[User:~2026-16476-42|~2026-16476-42]], and welcome to the Teahouse. 
:The general advice is: Don't. Please see [[WP:autobiography]] for why not. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 20:17, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
::Biographies have a life of their own. Sometimes it's better not to have a Wikipedia article about yourself because hostile editors can quickly turn it to an attack piece and you will be outnumbered and cannot fight it. If someone defends you, both of you could be banned (Wikipedia lingo is "blocked"), falsely accused of sockpuppetry. I would not want a Wikipedia bio unless I was exceptionally well known, like an award winning actor. [[User:Vanguard10|Vanguard10]] ([[User talk:Vanguard10|talk]]) 20:35, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
::Hello again, @[[User:~2026-16476-42|~2026-16476-42]]. I think @[[User:Vanguard10|Vanguard10]]'s reply is rather overstating the case, and painting Wikipedia as a lawless domain. While it's true that editors do sometimes edit articles to attack the subject, this is not acceptable behaviour, and it is usually caught pretty quickly and the perpetrator warned, and blocked if they persist. 
::Having said that, if it happened that reliable sources published material critical of you, then it would be appropriate for editors to summarise that material in a Wikipedia article about you, and you would not necessarily be able to challenge that. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 21:27, 15 March 2026 (UTC)
:@[[User:~2026-16476-42|~2026-16476-42]] Have you been '''featured''' in two articles in reliable sources (eg. national newspapers or Sunday magazines)? Are there any references to you already in Wikipedia articles? Have you gotten any national honours (eg MBE etc)? [[User:Mmemaigret|MmeMaigret]] ([[User talk:Mmemaigret|talk]]) 06:55, 16 March 2026 (UTC)

:Professor Hopkins, I notice in passing that the article on the [[Academy for Healthcare Science (United Kingdom)]] itself is rather paltry, and has not been edited (hence updated or improved) in any way for about 21 months. It also lacks an [[WP:Infobox|infobox]], in which you could validly be entered as President. It would be useful if ''sourced'' information could be added to its Talk page, for evaluation and possible addition by disinterested editors (see [[WP:Conflict of interest]]). Specific [[Wikipedia:Edit requests]] could also be made by parties connected with the Academy, who should not, however, edit the article itself except for the most minor, uncontroversial matters, or to remove inaccurate ''and'' unsourced statements. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-76101-8|&#126;2026-76101-8]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-76101-8|talk]]) 08:15, 16 March 2026 (UTC)