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Wikipedia: How to contact a page writer/developer?

Chauncey Gardner · 2019-06-11 21:23:30

Hi all. Whats the best (only?) way to contact a person who has written up a wikipedia entry. Its about a colleague and friend and its riddled with inaccuracies, but many are ones that only I can confirm because I knew the person. Thanks

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11-06-2019 10:23pm

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Chauncey Gardner

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Hi all.

Whats the best (only?) way to contact a person who has written up a wikipedia entry. Its about a colleague and friend and its riddled with inaccuracies, but many are ones that only I can confirm because I knew the person.

Thanks

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#2 13-06-2019 12:36pm
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Wikipedia are unlikely to give out that information, short of legal proceedings for defamation/libel being issued.

If it's just inaccurate and not defamatory, see here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Readers

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#3 13-06-2019 12:37pm
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Wiki is open source and editable.
If you want to change the Wiki entry, just do it

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#4 13-06-2019 6:07pm
Chauncey Gardner

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banie01 wrote: »

Wiki is open source and editable.
If you want to change the Wiki entry, just do it

Thanks 28064212 and banie01.

I tried to change the entry but I needed references. (There's no libelous or defamatory content).

Thanks 28064212 for the links. I'll give the editing another go.

Many thanks.

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