Talk:RationalWikiWiki:Editing your own article
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::In all cases if it is your own article page you should put comments on the talk page. Think of it as a mirror image of your user page on RationalWiki. There you can put all the good stuff you like about you and '''only you can edit it'''. (You can also make a ''user'' page here or on CP were only you can say whatever good stuff you like about yourself.) Here, however, the only page '''you can't edit''' is the article page about yourself. You can whine on the talk page, you can whinge on your user page, but you shouldn't edit your article page. --[[User:FalseFlag]][[User_Talk:FalseFlag|<sup>Flag Me</sup>]] 13:48, 3 March 2008 (EST) | ::In all cases if it is your own article page you should put comments on the talk page. Think of it as a mirror image of your user page on RationalWiki. There you can put all the good stuff you like about you and '''only you can edit it'''. (You can also make a ''user'' page here or on CP were only you can say whatever good stuff you like about yourself.) Here, however, the only page '''you can't edit''' is the article page about yourself. You can whine on the talk page, you can whinge on your user page, but you shouldn't edit your article page. --[[User:FalseFlag]][[User_Talk:FalseFlag|<sup>Flag Me</sup>]] 13:48, 3 March 2008 (EST) | ||
:::Seems easy enough, really. If you have "facts" to add, other editors will gladly gobble them up and poop them out on the article page, I'm sure. Is there anyway to add banners of some sort to remind us of this (and those who haven't picked up on the rule, especially)? Like, "If you actually are <nowiki>{{<s>luser</s>PAGENAME}}</nowiki> at RatWiki, please edit only the talk page. Thank you." And link it to this article. {{User:Human/sig}} 21:25, 3 March 2008 (EST) | :::Seems easy enough, really. If you have "facts" to add, other editors will gladly gobble them up and poop them out on the article page, I'm sure. Is there anyway to add banners of some sort to remind us of this (and those who haven't picked up on the rule, especially)? Like, "If you actually are <nowiki>{{<s>luser</s>PAGENAME}}</nowiki> at RatWiki, please edit only the talk page. Thank you." And link it to this article. {{User:Human/sig}} 21:25, 3 March 2008 (EST) | ||
| + | :::I don't see why we shouldn't be able to edit our own article, even when we are just adding general information. To the point: I don't see a reason for me to comply with this rule. --[[User:Ryan|Ryan]] 01:25, 7 March 2008 (EST) | ||
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What if you edit your page with a NPOV? Does that count? --Ryan 01:09, 3 March 2008 (EST)
- What about correcting information? (Eg, my regaining crat, also, the name/age template thing.) Pinto's5150 01:15, 3 March 2008 (EST)
- In all cases if it is your own article page you should put comments on the talk page. Think of it as a mirror image of your user page on RationalWiki. There you can put all the good stuff you like about you and only you can edit it. (You can also make a user page here or on CP were only you can say whatever good stuff you like about yourself.) Here, however, the only page you can't edit is the article page about yourself. You can whine on the talk page, you can whinge on your user page, but you shouldn't edit your article page. --User:FalseFlagFlag Me 13:48, 3 March 2008 (EST)
- Seems easy enough, really. If you have "facts" to add, other editors will gladly gobble them up and poop them out on the article page, I'm sure. Is there anyway to add banners of some sort to remind us of this (and those who haven't picked up on the rule, especially)? Like, "If you actually are {{<s>luser</s>PAGENAME}} at RatWiki, please edit only the talk page. Thank you." And link it to this article. humanbe in 21:25, 3 March 2008 (EST)
- I don't see why we shouldn't be able to edit our own article, even when we are just adding general information. To the point: I don't see a reason for me to comply with this rule. --Ryan 01:25, 7 March 2008 (EST)
- In all cases if it is your own article page you should put comments on the talk page. Think of it as a mirror image of your user page on RationalWiki. There you can put all the good stuff you like about you and only you can edit it. (You can also make a user page here or on CP were only you can say whatever good stuff you like about yourself.) Here, however, the only page you can't edit is the article page about yourself. You can whine on the talk page, you can whinge on your user page, but you shouldn't edit your article page. --User:FalseFlagFlag Me 13:48, 3 March 2008 (EST)
