If Wikipedia has a biographical article about you, it's important to proceed carefully. Wikipedia has rules around conflict of interest (COI), which warn individuals against editing about themselves. This is because maintaining an objective perspective about yourself can be challenging, even with the best intentions. Remember: it is not your entry; it's merely an entry about you.
The best approach is proposing changes on the article's talk page, particularly if you can provide reliable sources to support your proposal. Editors without a conflict of interest will review your suggestions and decide if they align with Wikipedia's mission and content guidelines.
While this process is considerably slower than editing the article yourself, trying to make direct edits could lead to your changes being undone. In some cases, editors may even place a warning at the top of the page that the article is promotional or edited by someone with a conflict of interest. Once added, these can be very difficult to remove.
If you'd like assistance navigating this process, Beutler Ink has extensive experience helping individuals and organizations propose edits in compliance with Wikipedia's rules on neutrality, sourcing, and conflict of interest, greatly increasing the likelihood of community acceptance.
For more information, read our Policy Guide on understanding COI.
