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The ''Citizendium'' must not be used for self-promotion. This has several consequences.
The ''Citizendium'' must not be used for self-promotion.  


* You may not, even if you are a [[CZ:Policy on Topic Informants|topic informant]], start an article about yourself, or any company, organization, website, or other entity, especially marketable entity, with which you are closely associated.  Such articles [[CZ:Article Deletion Policy|may be deleted summarily]], regardless of their qualityIn the future, our Topic Informant Workgroup may start a project in which companies may submit new articles about themselves.  We have not yet started such a project.
* You may not, even if you are a [[CZ:Policy on Topic Informants|topic informant]], start an article about yourself, or any company, organization, website, or other entity, especially marketable entity, with which you are closely associated.  Such articles [[CZ:Article Deletion Policy|may be deleted summarily]].
   
** ''Exceptions:'' students and teachers may start articles about their universities and schools
** ''Exceptions:'' students and teachers may start articles about their universities and schools


* You may not add links to websites with which you are associated, unless they are (on any informed person's view) a major resource regarding the topic. If there is any question, you ''must'' request that others do this for you (e.g., on the article's talk page).  Adding such links into articles will not count as a request; anyone who notices that you are associated with a website that you have linked from an article may remove the link to the talk page.
* You may not yourself add links to websites with which you are associated,  you ''must'' request that others do this for you (e.g., on the article's talk page).   


* Similarly, if you wish to have books or articles of yours added to the "Further reading" section of an article, please ask someone--a specialist who can judge what the "Further reading" section should look like--to do this for you.
* If you wish to cite books or articles of your own in an article, ask an independent expert to do this for you.
** ''Exception:'' if your book or article is a major resource regarding the topic, or if it is typically included in bibliographies on the topic, then you may include it in an article yourself.


* We strongly frown upon editing articles about ourselves.  The only permitted exception is to correct straightforward errors. Notice that a difference of opinion is not a "straightforward error." If the ''Citizendium'' article about you brings you no joy, consult the [[CZ:Topic Informant Workgroup|Topic Informant Workgroup]]; do not take matters into your own hands.  Note that in many cases you may ask that an article about yourself be deleted outright.
* Do not edit article about yourself, except to correct straightforward errors.  If the ''Citizendium'' article about you brings you no joy, consult the [[CZ:Topic Informant Workgroup|Topic Informant Workgroup]]; do not take matters into your own hands.  Note that you may ask that an article about yourself be deleted.


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Revision as of 10:53, 4 November 2010

The Citizendium must not be used for self-promotion.

  • You may not, even if you are a topic informant, start an article about yourself, or any company, organization, website, or other entity, especially marketable entity, with which you are closely associated. Such articles may be deleted summarily.
    • Exceptions: students and teachers may start articles about their universities and schools
  • You may not yourself add links to websites with which you are associated, you must request that others do this for you (e.g., on the article's talk page).
  • If you wish to cite books or articles of your own in an article, ask an independent expert to do this for you.
  • Do not edit article about yourself, except to correct straightforward errors. If the Citizendium article about you brings you no joy, consult the Topic Informant Workgroup; do not take matters into your own hands. Note that you may ask that an article about yourself be deleted.


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