What if our Wikipedia page contains inaccurate information?
Wikipedia has policy mechanisms - BLP, verifiability, NPOV - for addressing inaccurate content. Each is engaged differently depending on what kind of problem the inaccuracy is.
Inaccurate content on a Wikipedia article is handled by matching the inaccuracy to the policy that applies to it. If the article is about a living person and the claim is contentious and not reliably sourced, the BLP policy lets the content be removed or contested directly. If the claim cannot be verified against reliable secondary sources, the verifiability policy applies and the content can be removed under that standard. If the claim is sourced but framed in a way that gives undue weight to one viewpoint or uses non-neutral language, NPOV is the policy lever. The remedy in all three cases runs through Talk-page edit requests that identify the specific text, cite the applicable policy, and propose the corrected wording with supporting sources. Outright removal of unflattering but accurate and well-sourced content is much harder; the community treats it as suppression and typically declines. Five Blocks’s role is to identify the right policy framing and run the disclosed COI process to get the correction implemented.
Last reviewed: 19/05/2026