How do I edit my Wikipedia page?

When there’s an error or other problem with your Wikipedia article, the natural impulse is to want to fix it—right away. 

The good news is the article can be edited.

The bad news is that there are a lot of rules about who can edit and how to do it. 

You may have tried to make edits yourself, only to have them quickly reverted. Or we often talk with people who have started doing some research and tell us: “I was looking for someone else to edit this for me because I know I can’t.” 

1. You can seek updates to your organization’s Wikipedia article yourself, but you should NOT directly edit the page.

If you can’t make a change directly, what can you do? Should you try to get a friend or vendor to make the update? Or should you make a Wikipedia account and try to say you’re not related to the organization? In short: No. All of these options are likely to lead to a warning tag on the page and to potentially being blocked from the site.

2. Don’t ask someone else to make the edit. Don’t pretend to have any links to the organization. (We’ve even seen people try to use a VPN to block their IP address. Spoiler: Wikipedia blocks them and you simply won’t be able to edit.)

There is a process for organizations to fix issues on Wikipedia articles. It involves using the site’s “Talk” pages to make requests, which Wikipedia volunteer editors review and make the edits if they’re appropriate. 

3. You should set up a Wikipedia user account that is just for you to use as a representative of your organization. You should disclose your affiliation with the organization. Use Wikipedia’s Talk pages to suggest content changes and additions.

This can be slower, but ultimately avoids backlash for making edits directly. Trying to find loopholes or ways around this is likely to cause more problems down the line.