Perhaps, but be prepared for an editor to supply a better source—and keep the information. But if the only source for a particular claim is a blog, this is one you can probably win. Editors care deeply about which sources Wikipedia relies on. Typically, these are publications with identifiable writers, an editorial team, and usually an email address to receive corrections. A personal blog, an anonymous post, or a junk content site has none of these.
The one catch is if the blog post is written by an expert in the field the post is about, and said expert has been so recognized by authoring books released by major publishers, or appearing in a major newspaper or magazine writing on the same subject. For this reason, you'll want to check that the no-name blogger who just dragged your name through the mud is, in fact, a nobody. You'd hate to raise the claim on the talk page, only for an editor to reply with their university profile page.
The request works like this. Identify the claim, identify the source under it, and post an explanation on the article's talk page, the public discussion page attached to every article, saying openly who you work for and why the source falls short of Wikipedia's standard. If no better source exists for the claim, the claim usually goes with it. But if the claim has legitimacy, editors may swap in a higher quality source and keep the material. Which probably isn't what you had in mind.
Last updated August 30, 2026.
