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In Wikipedia all editors are held, by their peers,to standards such as  Verifiability (V), Neutral Point of View (NPOV), and avoiding Original Research (OR). Autobiographical editors are much more stringently judged than general editors. V can be accomplished by sticking to facts that are referenced to authoritative secondary sources, NPOV by providing minimal matter of fact. OR again by only using secondary sources. Then there's the further question of Notability, lack of which is the basis of many deletions. There should be some claim on notability in the opening paragraph, anchored to a referenced fact in the body.

Given genuine notability, there are ways to cultivate information outside of Wikipedia such that any editor - including the subject - has the requisite material to construct a decent article. 1) Creating a decent bio on one's own site (which may be sourced as noted in the article linked above); getting oneself interviewed by respectable/responsible media: taking legacy press clippings and other material and posting them on archive.org where they can be reliably referenced.

Lastly, think twice. Wikipedia has many articles that were originated as vanity pieces by the subjects, who later became dismayed when others edited them in ways that were not to their liking, and were further dismayed to find themselves powerless to remove them!

In Wikipedia all editors are held, by their peers,to standards such as  Verifiability (V), Neutral Point of View (NPOV), and avoiding Original Research (OR). Autobiographical editors are much more stringently judged than general editors. V can be accomplished by sticking to facts that are referenced to authoritative secondary sources, NPOV by providing minimal matter of fact. OR again by only using secondary sources. Then there's the further question of Notability, lack of which is the basis of many deletions. There should be some claim on notability in the opening paragraph, anchored to a referenced fact in the body.

Given genuine notability, there are ways to cultivate information outside of Wikipedia such that any editor - including the subject - has the requisite material to construct a decent article. 1) Creating a decent bio on one's own site (which may be sourced as noted in the article linked above); getting oneself interviewed by respectable/responsible media: taking legacy press clippings and other material and posting them on archive.org where they can be reliably referenced.

Lastly, think twice. Wikipedia has many articles that were originated as vanity pieces by the subjects, who later became dismayed when others edited them in ways that were not to their liking, and were further dismayed to find themselves powerless to remove them!