Editing Eurovision Wiki:Teahouse (section)

== Question regarding if people who has an article about themselves  ==

i know that they can't for some reason edit their own page, although it can actually bring some good information. But what if there was like whitelisted users who '''can''' edit their own page about themselves? [[Special:Contributions/&#126;2026-51002-1|&#126;2026-51002-1]] ([[User talk:&#126;2026-51002-1|talk]]) 06:09, 18 March 2026 (UTC)

:It usually is frowned upon, I could (if I were notable) have an article about myself saying “KeyolTranslator is the descendant of Qin Shi Huang, as stated by himself” I could claim things like that and say that I know it because I know myself, or I could edit facts about my life, doesn’t mean it is true. 
:I think the rule is that no one should edit articles about themselves (technically you can but it’s highly discouraged as you have possibly the biggest COI). People can freely edit their own articles if they still abide by the neutral summary rules and have multiple sources to back up their claims, and of course they can’t try and make the claims look bigger (not inflating how much money you have or who you have done business with). [[User:KeyolTranslater|The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a)]] ([[User talk:KeyolTranslater|talk]]) 10:16, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
::*And they must acknowledge their COI [[User:KeyolTranslater|The Grenadian Historian (Aka. Mwen Sé Kéyòl Translator-a)]] ([[User talk:KeyolTranslater|talk]]) 10:21, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
:Hello, @[[User:~2026-51002-1|~2026-51002-1]], and welcome to the Teahouse. 
:There are two separate but related problems. 
:One is that, even with somebody who is scrupulously honest, it's very difficult for anybody to be objective about themselves. Suppose several sources are very critical of you, and you think they are not being fair: a Wikipedia article about you should summarise what those sources say.
:The other problem is about [[WP:verifiability|verifiability]]: when writing about yourself, there is likely to be a temptation to put in information which is not verifiable from published sources (i.e. [[WP:original research|original research]]). [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 11:31, 18 March 2026 (UTC)
:While there is no absolute prohibition on someone editing an article about themself or a close relative or contact (see [[User:Pigsonthewing/About self]] for the limited circumstances where this is acceptable]), we generally advise such people make suggestions on the talk page of the article, so that they can be review by an interdependent editor.
:[[WP:About you]] has more about this. <span class="vcard"><span class="fn">[[User:Pigsonthewing|Andy Mabbett]]</span> (<span class="nickname">Pigsonthewing</span>); [[User talk:Pigsonthewing|Talk to Andy]]; [[Special:Contributions/Pigsonthewing|Andy's edits]]</span> 11:37, 18 March 2026 (UTC)