User talk:Gingerfranke

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Please help me with...my boss has asked me to create a wikipedia page about her. How do I get this started?

Gingerfranke (talk) 16:27, 25 January 2017 (UTC)Ginger Bagherian[reply]

Don't, because you almost certainly have a conflict of interest. Wikipedia articles are not supposed to be written by their subject('s employee). Ppp ery 17:57, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

To expand on that: First of all, if you edit on your boss' behalf, you should review the section on "paid editing without disclosure" in the Terms of Use and make sure that you comply with the disclosure requirements by stating employer, affiliation and client on your user page ("I edit Wikipedia as part of my job with the Acme Corporation on behalf of Jane Doe", or something to that effect).

Secondly, editing with a conflict of interest is not strictly prohibited, but it's strongly discouraged because it's very difficult to do so from a neutral point of view. For example, if your boss asks you to write about her, you might be more predisposed to believe that she is notable enough for an article than if it were some person you are not associated with.

Thirdly, Wikipedia content should be based on what reliable third-party sources - such as newspapers or reputable trade magazines - have reported about the subject. Not blogs or social media, not the company website or press releases, not interviews with company personnel or with herself; passing mentions or name-drops a la "... said COO Jane Doe" will not help. When you have found such sources that discuss your boss in some detail, you can use the Article Wizard to write a draft that neutrally summarizes what the sources report (in your own words, to avoid copyright issues), and you can cite the sources so our readers can independently verify that the content is correct. The Article Wizard will add a messagebox to the draft that allows you to submit it for a review by an experienced editor. Huon (talk) 23:21, 25 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]