Mrt7733

Re: Your question at WP:RFF

You wrote:

Requesting Feedback Regarding New Article...

I would like to construct an article about a non-profit organization with which I am affiliated. I have read the new user guidelines and have also examined the COI information. Unfortunately, this information was not very clear to me. Would I, as a member of the board of directors of said non-profit, be able to write the prospective article without a COI as I am not, could not and will not personally benefit from the prospective article?

Many thanks..

Mrt7733 (talk) 04:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

You can write it as long as you do so within our policies and guidelines, paying particular attention to WP:N, WP:RS, WP:V, and WP:OR. We call that alphabet soup :P. Basically, in that order, it means that the organization must be notable, as established with reliable third-party sources, unrelated to the organization; all claims likely to be challenged as well as all statistics and related information must be verifiable; and we do not allow any original research, meaning if it has not already been published by a reliable source, we do not publish it, even if you know it to be true. For Wikipedia, it's about verifiability, not truth. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me on my talk page, the help desk or you can place {{helpme}} on your talk page with your question(s) below it. Regards, لennavecia 19:10, 14 November 2008 (UTC)