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I find this to be a valuable source but sorely lacking when it comes to those who did not take the oppurtunity to write and are now deceased and cannot correct disinformation.{{unsigned|98.183.34.193|11:40, 13 April 2010}} :Thank you for your comments. We have instituted a "[[Pensapedia:Autobiography|no autobiographical articles]]" policy at Pensapedia for several reasons. The main one (and the reason that it's listed first in "How to start a new article") is that we've had a good number of people who stumble onto the site and immediately create an article for themselves, regardless of [[Pensapedia:Notability|notability guidelines]], and fill it with all sorts of self-promotional or irrelevant information. These are what we refer to as "vanity pages," and their authors seem to have no interest in contributing to articles that don't have their own name in the title. :Obviously, there are many people in the community who ''are'' objectively notable and warrant having thorough articles written about them. If an article already exists but has insufficient or inaccurate information, ''anyone'' (including the subject) may correct it without running afoul of our policy. If an article does not yet exist, and the subject feels they meet notability requirements to start one, the [[Pensapedia:Conflict of interest|best thing to do]] is to post information or a draft of the article at the respective discussion page (e.g. [[Talk:John Doe]]), and one of the editors will review it and post to the main article page. :The thing is, if a biographical article has been well written, objectively with non-biased information, there's really no way for me to know if it's autobiographical or not. It's only when someone posts something blatantly narcissistic that it will get deleted. I would suggest [[Special:UserLogin|creating a username]] and becoming an active editor on a variety of topics. Then, if you happen to write about yourself, it will just be one of many contributions and not the only thing you're interested in contributing. Thanks for taking the time to voice your concerns, and I hope you will become a frequent contributor. <span style="font-family:Georgia, serif; color:#cccccc;">&mdash;&nbsp;'''''[[User:Admin|admin]]'''''&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;'''''[[User_talk:Admin|talk]]'''''&nbsp;</span> 10:08, 14 April 2010 (CDT)