This page gives guidance for people who need help with issues related to the material Wikipedia publishes about them.
Please read this first edit
Wikipedia articles are written by volunteer editors, with differences of opinion resolved by editorial consensus on the article's discussion page. As such, anyone can modify them, but other editors can also watch them and protect them against blatant vandalism and disruption.
Please note that almost all of this help is provided voluntarily.
Reporting a problem edit
There are three main avenues for getting help. They are listed below in order of response speed. In all instances, provide as much information as possible. You may use one or more methods, as necessary.
Method #1 - Submitting a report edit
Submit a report on the Living persons subject reports page. Many experienced Wikipedia editors follow this noticeboard and will usually lead to the quickest response.
Method #2: Emailing Wikipedia support edit
You may send an email to info-en-q@wikimedia.org.
Your e-mail will be answered by a small group of trustworthy volunteers. Provide the URL of the page (example: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Doe) and a brief description of what needs removal and why it needs to be removed. If you have specific legal concerns about the article, then please put "Legal concerns" in the subject line.
Do not send emails if the error is minor (e.g. an incorrect date or spelling).
Method #3: Editing the problematic page edit
You may remove any offending material from the page by clicking the 'edit page' link and deleting any clearly inappropriate personal information. As an additional option, you may make a new topic on the talk page citing your concerns.
What to expect edit
Issues breaching editorial policy on a biographical article about a living person will be treated very seriously and with a very high priority. If the matter is obvious, such as certain libel posts, it will usually be fixed promptly.
What not to expect edit
- We will not prevent other users from editing the article on you. We can temporarily protect articles to halt vandalism or to end a content dispute, but we will not do it to enforce your preferred version. This is in accordance with our neutral point of view policy.
- We cannot remove specific revisions from article history on demand. Our volunteers are technically unable to do this, and in many situations this also violates our license. However, if the revision contains nonpublic personal information or blatant libel, then a different set of volunteers may be able to help; please see Wikipedia:Requests for oversight for further details.
- We cannot reveal private information, such as the IP addresses of registered Wikipedia users, except when mandated by law. This is in accordance with our privacy policy.
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