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</li> <li id="toc-Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Why is conflict of interest a problem?</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Actual,_potential_and_apparent_COI" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Actual,_potential_and_apparent_COI"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Actual, potential and apparent COI</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Actual,_potential_and_apparent_COI-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Dealing with edit requests from COI or paid editors</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Dealing with edit requests from COI or paid editors subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Responding_to_requests" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Responding_to_requests"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Responding to requests</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Responding_to_requests-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Attribution_in_edit_summaries" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Attribution_in_edit_summaries"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Attribution in edit summaries</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Attribution_in_edit_summaries-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Paid_editors_on_talk_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Paid_editors_on_talk_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Paid editors on talk pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Paid_editors_on_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Copyright_of_paid_contributions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Copyright_of_paid_contributions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Copyright of paid contributions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Copyright_of_paid_contributions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Covert_advertising" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Covert_advertising"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Covert advertising</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Covert_advertising-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Covert advertising subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Covert_advertising-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-US:_Federal_Trade_Commission,_state_law,_and_native_advertising" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#US:_Federal_Trade_Commission,_state_law,_and_native_advertising"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>US: Federal Trade Commission, state law, and native advertising</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-US:_Federal_Trade_Commission,_state_law,_and_native_advertising-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_fair-trading_law" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_fair-trading_law"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>European fair-trading law</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_fair-trading_law-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-UK_Advertising_Standards_Authority" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#UK_Advertising_Standards_Authority"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>UK Advertising Standards Authority</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-UK_Advertising_Standards_Authority-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Advertising_Standards_Canada" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Advertising_Standards_Canada"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Advertising Standards Canada</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Advertising_Standards_Canada-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_categories_of_COI" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_categories_of_COI"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Other categories of COI</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Other_categories_of_COI-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Other categories of COI subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Other_categories_of_COI-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Legal_and_other_disputes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Legal_and_other_disputes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Legal and other disputes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Legal_and_other_disputes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Campaigning,_political" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Campaigning,_political"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Campaigning, political</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Campaigning,_political-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Writing_about_yourself,_family,_friends" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Writing_about_yourself,_family,_friends"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Writing about yourself, family, friends</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Writing_about_yourself,_family,_friends-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citing_yourself" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citing_yourself"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Citing yourself</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citing_yourself-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cultural_sector" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cultural_sector"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Cultural sector</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cultural_sector-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Wikipedians_in_residence" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Wikipedians_in_residence"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.6</span> <span>Wikipedians in residence</span> </div> </a> <ul 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-No_shared_accounts,_no_company_accounts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#No_shared_accounts,_no_company_accounts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>No shared accounts, no company accounts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-No_shared_accounts,_no_company_accounts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Making_uncontroversial_edits" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Making_uncontroversial_edits"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Making uncontroversial edits</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Making_uncontroversial_edits-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Supplying_photographs_and_media_files" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Supplying_photographs_and_media_files"> <div 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<a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Advocacy,_noticeboards"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Advocacy, noticeboards</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Advocacy,_noticeboards-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Reporting to the conflict of interest noticeboard</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Avoid_outing" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Avoid_outing"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Avoid outing</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Avoid_outing-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Dealing_with_single-purpose_accounts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Dealing_with_single-purpose_accounts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.4</span> <span>Dealing with single-purpose accounts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Dealing_with_single-purpose_accounts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.5</span> <span>Templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" 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Available in 58 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-58" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">58 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="ويكيبيديا:تعارض المصالح – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:تعارض المصالح" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Maraqlar%C4%B1n_toqqu%C5%9Fmas%C4%B1" title="Vikipediya:Maraqların toqquşması – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Maraqların toqquşması" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%85%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B9%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%82%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:منفعتلر توققوشماسی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:منفعتلر توققوشماسی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:স্বার্থের সংঘাত – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:স্বার্থের সংঘাত" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D3%99%D0%BD%D1%84%D3%99%D2%93%D3%99%D1%82%D1%82%D3%99%D1%80%D2%99%D0%B5%D2%A3_%D0%B1%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5" title="Википедия:Мәнфәғәттәрҙең бәрелеше – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Мәнфәғәттәрҙең бәрелеше" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B8" title="Уикипедия:Конфликт на интереси – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Конфликт на интереси" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:Conflicte_d%27interessos" title="Viquipèdia:Conflicte d'interessos – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Conflicte d'interessos" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Propaga%C4%8Dn%C3%AD_%C4%8Dl%C3%A1nek" title="Wikipedie:Propagační článek – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Propagační článek" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6_%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="ويكيپيديا:تعارض د لمصالح – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويكيپيديا:تعارض د لمصالح" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Interessenkonflikt" title="Wikipedia:Interessenkonflikt – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Interessenkonflikt" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A3%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CE%AE%CF%84%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BD" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Σύγκρουση κινήτρων – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Σύγκρουση κινήτρων" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflicto_de_inter%C3%A9s" title="Wikipedia:Conflicto de interés – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Conflicto de interés" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B6_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9" title="ویکی‌پدیا:تعارض منافع – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:تعارض منافع" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Conflit_d%27int%C3%A9r%C3%AAts" title="Wikipédia:Conflit d'intérêts – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Conflit d'intérêts" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflito_de_intereses" title="Wikipedia:Conflito de intereses – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Conflito de intereses" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EC%9D%B4%ED%95%B4%EA%B4%80%EA%B3%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%B6%A9%EB%8F%8C" title="위키백과:이해관계의 충돌 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:이해관계의 충돌" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rudanin_Ra%27ayi" title="Wikipedia:Rudanin Ra'ayi – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Wikipedia:Rudanin Ra'ayi" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Sukob_interesa" title="Wikipedija:Sukob interesa – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Sukob interesa" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Konflik_kepentingan" title="Wikipedia:Konflik kepentingan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Konflik kepentingan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflitto_di_interessi" title="Wikipedia:Conflitto di interessi – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Conflitto di interessi" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Gumedh%C3%A9" title="Wikipédia:Gumedhé – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Wikipédia:Gumedhé" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9C%D2%AF%D0%B4%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80_%D2%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%88%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%93%D1%8B" title="Уикипедия:Мүдделер қайшылығы – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Уикипедия:Мүдделер қайшылығы" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedija:Interes%C5%B3_konfliktas" title="Vikipedija:Interesų konfliktas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vikipedija:Interesų konfliktas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AF:%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%B5%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82" title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:താത്പര്യവ്യത്യാസം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിപീഡിയ:താത്പര്യവ്യത്യാസം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%AA%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD" title="ويكيبيديا:تضارب مصالح – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:تضارب مصالح" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Percanggahan_kepentingan" title="Wikipedia:Percanggahan kepentingan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Percanggahan kepentingan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Zelfpromotie" title="Wikipedia:Zelfpromotie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Zelfpromotie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6" title="विकिपिडिया:चासोको अन्तरद्वन्द – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:चासोको अन्तरद्वन्द" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E5%88%A9%E7%9B%8A%E7%9B%B8%E5%8F%8D%E8%A1%8C%E7%82%BA" title="Wikipedia:利益相反行為 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:利益相反行為" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8:%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88" title="Википеди:Лааман дойнаш – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Википеди:Лааман дойнаш" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Interessekonflikt" title="Wikipedia:Interessekonflikt – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Interessekonflikt" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86:%E0%AC%B8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%B1%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A5%E0%AC%B0_%E0%AC%A6%E0%AD%8D%E0%AD%B1%E0%AC%A8%E0%AD%8D%E0%AC%A6" title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ସ୍ୱାର୍ଥର ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ସ୍ୱାର୍ଥର ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Manfaatlar_ziddiyati" title="Vikipediya:Manfaatlar ziddiyati – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Manfaatlar ziddiyati" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Konflikt_interes%C3%B3w" title="Wikipedia:Konflikt interesów – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Konflikt interesów" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Conflito_de_interesse" title="Wikipédia:Conflito de interesse – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Conflito de interesse" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_de_interese" title="Wikipedia:Conflict de interese – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Conflict de interese" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82_%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B2" title="Википедия:Конфликт интересов – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Конфликт интересов" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_o_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict o interest – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Wikipedia:Conflict o interest" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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class="mw-redirectedfrom">(Redirected from <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DISCLOSE&redirect=no" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DISCLOSE">Wikipedia:DISCLOSE</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Wikimedia project behavioral guidelines regarding conflicts of interest</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">If you want to report a problematic conflict of interest editor, see <a 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mw-inputbox-form" action="/wiki/Special:Search" id="style-searchbox"><div class="cdx-text-input"><input class="mw-inputbox-input mw-searchInput searchboxInput cdx-text-input__input" name="search" placeholder="" size="20" dir="ltr"/></div><input type="hidden" value="deepcat:"Wikipedia guidelines"" name="searchfilter"/><br/><input type="hidden" name="ns4" value="1" id="mw-inputbox-ns4-style-searchbox0.136839275375" checked=""/><br/><input type="submit" name="fulltext" value="Search for a guideline" class="cdx-button"/><input type="hidden" value="Search" name="fulltext"/></form></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Guideline_list" title="Template:Guideline list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Guideline_list" title="Template talk:Guideline list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Guideline list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Conflict of interest</b> (<b>COI</b>) <b>editing</b> involves contributing to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. Any <a href="#What_is_conflict_of_interest?">external relationship</a> can trigger a <a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">conflict of interest</a>. Someone having a conflict of interest is a description of a <i>situation</i>, not a judgment about that person's opinions, integrity, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">good faith</a>. </p><p>COI editing is strongly discouraged on Wikipedia. It undermines public confidence and risks causing <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_in_the_real_world" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world">public embarrassment</a> to the individuals and companies being promoted. Editors with a COI are sometimes <a href="#Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?">unaware of whether or how much</a> it has influenced their editing. If COI editing causes disruption, an administrator may opt to place blocks on the involved accounts. </p><p>Editors with a COI, including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PAY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PAY">paid editors</a>, are expected to <a href="#howtodisclose">disclose it</a> whenever they seek to change an affected article's content. Anyone editing for pay <a href="#COIPAYDISCLOSE">must disclose who is paying them</a>, who the client is, and any other relevant affiliation; this is a requirement of the <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>. COI editors are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly, and can propose changes on article talk pages instead. However, our <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">policy on matters relating to living people</a> allows very obvious errors to be fixed quickly, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLPSELF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLPSELF">including by the subject</a>. </p><p>When investigating COI editing, <i>do not</i> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">reveal the identity</a> of editors against their wishes. Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HARASS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HARASS">policy against harassment</a>, and in particular the prohibition against disclosing personal information, <b>takes precedence</b> over this guideline. To report COI editing, follow the advice at <a href="#How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest">How to handle conflicts of interest</a>, below. Editors making or discussing changes to this guideline or related guidance shall disclose whether they have been paid to edit Wikipedia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wikipedia's_position" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikipedia's_position"><span id="Wikipedia.27s_position"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedia's_position"></span>Wikipedia's position<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedia's_position"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Wikipedia's position"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Purpose_of_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Purpose_of_Wikipedia-Wikipedia's_position"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Purpose_of_Wikipedia-Wikipedia's_position"></span>Purpose of Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Purpose_of_Wikipedia-Wikipedia's_position"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Purpose of Wikipedia"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not</a></div> <p>As an encyclopedia, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Wikipedia's mission</a> is to provide the public with articles that summarize accepted knowledge, written neutrally and sourced reliably. Readers expect to find neutral articles written independently of their subject, not corporate or personal webpages, or platforms for advertising and self-promotion. Articles should contain only material that complies with Wikipedia's content policies and best practices, and Wikipedians must place the interests of the encyclopedia and its readers above personal concerns. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COI_editing" data-mw-thread-id="h-COI_editing-Wikipedia's_position"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-COI_editing-Wikipedia's_position"></span>COI editing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-COI_editing-Wikipedia's_position"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: COI editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_conflict_of_interest_guide" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide">Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COIEDIT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIEDIT&redirect=no">WP:COIEDIT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Editors with a COI should follow Wikipedia policies and best practices scrupulously: </p> <ul><li>you should <b><a href="#howtodisclose">disclose</a> your COI</b> when involved with affected articles;</li> <li>you are <b>strongly discouraged</b> from editing affected articles directly;</li> <li>you may <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">propose changes</a></b> on talk pages (by using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_COI" title="Template:Edit COI">edit COI</a>}}</code> template), so that they can be peer-reviewed;</li> <li>you should put new articles through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC">Articles for Creation (AfC)</a> process instead of creating them directly;</li> <li>you should <b>not act as a reviewer</b> of affected article(s) at AfC, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPP">new pages patrol</a> or elsewhere;</li> <li>you should <b>respect other editors</b> by keeping discussions concise.</li></ul> <p>Note that no one on Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OWN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OWN">controls articles</a>. If Wikipedia hosts an article about you or your organization, others may add information that would otherwise remain little known. They may also decide to delete the article or decide to keep it should you later request deletion. The media has several times drawn attention to companies that engage in COI editing on Wikipedia (see <a href="/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_on_Wikipedia" title="Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia">Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia</a>), which has led to embarrassment for the organizations concerned. <span class="anchor" id="Paid_editing"></span><span class="anchor" id="Paid_advocacy"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paid_editing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Paid_editing-Wikipedia's_position"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Paid_editing-Wikipedia's_position"></span>Paid editing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Paid_editing-Wikipedia's_position"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Paid editing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PE"></span><span id="WP:PAY"></span><span id="WP:NOPR"></span><span id="WP:NOPAY"></span><span id="WP:FCOI"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PE&redirect=no">WP:PE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PAY&redirect=no">WP:PAY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOPR&redirect=no">WP:NOPR</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOPAY&redirect=no">WP:NOPAY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FCOI&redirect=no">WP:FCOI</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Being paid to contribute to Wikipedia is one form of financial COI; it places the paid editor in a conflict between their employer's goals and Wikipedia's goals. The kind of paid editing of most concern to the community involves using Wikipedia for public relations and marketing purposes. Sometimes called "paid advocacy," this is problematic because it invariably reflects the interests of the client or employer. </p><p>More generally, an editor has a financial conflict of interest whenever they write about a topic with which they have a close financial relationship. This includes being an owner, employee, contractor, investor or other stakeholder. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> requires that all paid editing be disclosed. Additionally, <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Linking_to_external_advertising_accounts" class="extiw" title="meta:Linking to external advertising accounts">global policy</a> requires that (if applicable) you <b>must</b> provide links on your user-page to <b>all</b> active accounts on external websites through which you advertise, solicit or obtain paid editing. If you receive or expect to receive compensation (money, goods or services) for your contributions to Wikipedia, the policy on the English Wikipedia is: </p> <ul><li>you must <b><a href="#COIPAYDISCLOSE">disclose</a></b> who is paying you, on whose behalf the edits are made, and any other relevant affiliation;</li> <li>you should make the disclosure on your user page, <b>on affected talk pages</b>, and whenever you discuss the topic;</li> <li>you are <b>strongly discouraged</b> from editing affected articles directly;</li> <li>you may <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">propose changes</a></b> on talk pages by using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_COI" title="Template:Edit COI">edit COI</a>}}</code> template, so that they can be peer-reviewed;</li> <li>you should put new articles through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC">Articles for Creation (AfC)</a> process instead of creating them directly;</li> <li>you must <b>not act as a reviewer</b> of affected article(s) at AfC, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPP">new pages patrol</a> or elsewhere;</li> <li>you should <b>respect volunteers</b> by keeping discussions concise (see <a href="#Paid_editors_on_talk_pages">WP:PAYTALK</a>).</li></ul> <p>Requested edits are subject to the same standards as any other, and editors may decline to act on them. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_effective_COI_edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Guide to effective COI edit requests">guide to effective COI edit requests</a> provides guidance in this area. To find an article's talk page, click the "talk" button at the top of the article. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TEAHOUSE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TEAHOUSE">WP:TEAHOUSE</a> if you have questions about these things. If you are an administrator, you <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE">must not use administrative tools for any paid-editing activity</a> (except when related to work as a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedian-in-residence" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedian-in-residence">Wikipedian-in-residence</a>, or as someone paid by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wikimedia_Foundation_terms_of_use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikimedia_Foundation_terms_of_use-Wikipedia's_position"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikimedia_Foundation_terms_of_use-Wikipedia's_position"></span>Wikimedia Foundation terms of use<span class="anchor" id="terms"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikimedia_Foundation_terms_of_use-Wikipedia's_position"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wikimedia Foundation terms of use"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a>'s <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">terms of use</a> require that editors who are being paid for their contributions disclose their <i>employer</i> (the person or organization who is paying for the edits); the <i>client</i> (the person or organization on whose behalf the edits are made); and any other relevant <i>affiliation</i>. This is the policy of the English Wikipedia. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="howtodisclose"></span><span class="anchor" id="Declaring_an_interest"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_disclose_a_COI" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_disclose_a_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_disclose_a_COI"></span>How to disclose a COI<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_disclose_a_COI"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: How to disclose a COI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General_COI" data-mw-thread-id="h-General_COI-How_to_disclose_a_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-General_COI-How_to_disclose_a_COI"></span>General COI<span data-mw-comment-end="h-General_COI-How_to_disclose_a_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: General COI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:DISCLOSE"></span><span id="WP:DCOI"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DISCLOSE&redirect=no">WP:DISCLOSE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DCOI&redirect=no">WP:DCOI</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If you become involved in an article where you have any COI, you should always let other editors know about it, whenever and wherever you discuss the topic. There are three venues to do this. </p><p>1. If you want to use a template to do this, place <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor" title="Template:Connected contributor">connected contributor</a>}}</code> <b>at the top of the affected talk page</b>, fill it in as follows, and save: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256386598">.mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#F0F2F5;color:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#CCFFCC;color:inherit}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-mainspace{background:#14181F;color:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cot-header-other{background:#003500;color:inherit}}</style> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk mw-collapsed" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:75%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-other" style="background:#DCDCDC; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center; color: #555555;"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em">Connected contributor template</div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:100%;"><code>{{Connected contributor|User1=<i>Your username</i>|U1-declared=yes|U1-otherlinks=<i>(Optional) Insert relevant affiliations, disclosures, article drafts or diffs showing COI contributions.</i>}}</code></span></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>Note that someone else may add this for you. </p><p>2. You can also make a statement in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a> of any COI contribution. </p><p>3. If you want to note the COI <b>on <a href="/wiki/Special:MyPage" title="Special:MyPage">your user page</a></b>, you can use the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:UserboxCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:UserboxCOI">UserboxCOI</a>}}</code> template: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256386598"> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk mw-collapsed" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:75%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-other" style="background:#DCDCDC; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center; color: #555555;"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em">UserboxCOI template</div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"> <p>Edit the source of your user page and type <span style="font-size:100%;"><code>{{UserboxCOI|1=<i>Wikipedia article name</i>}}</code></span>, then click "save". </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatright" style="width:220px; border-width: 1px; font-size: 95%; margin–top:1.0em;margin-bottom:1.0em;padding:1.0em"> <div class="quotebox-title" style="color: #555555;">Example</div> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote center-aligned" style=""> <p>For a COI disclosure, see <b><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/719164069" title="Special:Diff/719164069">Talk:Steve Jobs</a></b><br/><small>In this edit, one editor added a COI declaration for another editor.</small> </p> </blockquote> </div> <p>Also, if you propose significant or potentially controversial changes to an affected article, you can use the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_COI" title="Template:Edit COI">edit COI</a>}}</code> template. Place this at the bottom of the talk page and state your suggestion beneath it (be sure to sign it with four tildes, ~~~~). If the proposal is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:V" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:V">verifiable</a> and appropriate, it will usually be accepted. If it is declined, the editor declining the request will usually add an explanation below your entry. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="COIPAYDISCLOSE"></span><span class="anchor" id="COIDISCLOSEPAY"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paid_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Paid_editors-How_to_disclose_a_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Paid_editors-How_to_disclose_a_COI"></span>Paid editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Paid_editors-How_to_disclose_a_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Paid editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE"></span><span id="WP:COIDISCLOSEPAY"></span><span id="WP:UPE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIPAYDISCLOSE&redirect=no">WP:COIPAYDISCLOSE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIDISCLOSEPAY&redirect=no">WP:COIDISCLOSEPAY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UPE&redirect=no">WP:UPE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:UPE" redirects here. Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Use_plain_English" title="Wikipedia:Use plain English">Wikipedia:Use plain English</a>.</div> <p>If you are being paid for your contributions to Wikipedia, you must declare who is paying you, who the client is, and any other relevant role or relationship. You may do this on your user page, on the talk page of affected articles, or in your edit summaries. As you have a conflict of interest, you must ensure everyone with whom you interact is aware of your paid status, in all discussions on Wikipedia pages within any namespace. If you want to use a template to disclose your COI on a talk page, place <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor_(paid)" title="Template:Connected contributor (paid)">connected contributor (paid)</a>}}</code> at the top of the page, fill it in as follows, and save: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256386598"> <div style="margin-left:0"> <table class="mw-collapsible mw-archivedtalk mw-collapsed" style="color:inherit; background: transparent; text-align: left; border: 1px solid Silver; margin: 0.2em auto auto; width:75%; clear: both; padding: 1px;"> <tbody><tr> <th class="cot-header-other" style="background:#DCDCDC; font-size:87%; padding:0.2em 0.3em; text-align:center; color: #555555;"><div style="font-size:115%;margin:0 4em">Connected contributor (paid) template</div> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit; border: solid 1px Silver; padding: 0.6em; background: var(--background-color-base, #fff);"> <dl><dd><span style="font-size:100%;"><code>{{Connected contributor (paid)|User1=<i>Username of the paid editor</i>|U1-employer=<i>Name of person/organization that is paying for the edits</i>|U1-client= <i>Name of client</i>|U1-otherlinks=<i>Insert <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Complete_diff_and_link_guide#What_are_diffs?" title="Wikipedia:Complete diff and link guide">diff</a> to disclosure on your User page.</i>}}</code></span></dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <i>employer</i> is whoever is paying you to be involved in the article (such as a PR company). The <i>client</i> is on whose behalf the payment is made (usually the subject of the article). If the employer and client are the same entity—that is, if Acme Corporation is paying you to write about Acme Corporation—the client parameter may be left empty. See <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor_(paid)" title="Template:Connected contributor (paid)">connected contributor (paid)</a>}}</code> for more information. Note that other editors may add this template for you. Paid editing without such a declaration is called <i>undisclosed paid editing</i> (<b>UPE</b>). </p><p>You are expected to maintain a clearly visible list on your user page of your paid contributions. If you advertise, solicit or obtain paid editing work via an account on any external website, you must provide links on your user-page to all such accounts. </p><p>If you propose changes to an affected article, you can use the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_COI" title="Template:Edit COI">edit COI</a>}}</code> template. Post it on the talk page and make your suggestion underneath it. </p><p>The use of administrative tools as part of any paid editing activity, except as a Wikipedian-in-Residence, or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF, is considered a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE">serious misuse</a> and likely to result in sanctions or their removal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_is_conflict_of_interest?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"><span id="What_is_conflict_of_interest.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span>What is conflict of interest?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: What is conflict of interest?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="External_roles_and_relationships" data-mw-thread-id="h-External_roles_and_relationships-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-External_roles_and_relationships-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span>External roles and relationships<span class="anchor" id="External_relationships"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-External_roles_and_relationships-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: External roles and relationships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:EXTERNALREL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:EXTERNALREL&redirect=no">WP:EXTERNALREL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>While editing Wikipedia, an editor's primary role is to further the interests of the encyclopedia. When an external role or relationship could reasonably be said to undermine that primary role, the editor has a conflict of interest similar to how a judge's primary role as an impartial adjudicator would be undermined if they were married to one of the parties. </p><p>Any external relationship—personal, religious, political, academic, legal, or financial (including holding a <a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">cryptocurrency</a>)—can trigger a COI. How close the relationship needs to be before it becomes a concern on Wikipedia is governed by common sense. For example, an article about a band should not be written by the band's manager, and a biography should not be an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">autobiography</a> or written by the subject's spouse. There can be a COI when writing on behalf of a competitor or opponent of the page subject, just as there is when writing on behalf of the page subject. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Subject-matter_expert" title="Subject-matter expert">Subject-matter experts</a> (SMEs) are welcome on Wikipedia within their areas of expertise, subject to the guidance below on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FCOI">financial conflict of interest</a> and on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SELFCITE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SELFCITE">citing your work</a>. SMEs are expected to make sure that their external roles and relationships in their field of expertise do not interfere with their primary role on Wikipedia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="COI_is_not_simply_bias" data-mw-thread-id="h-COI_is_not_simply_bias-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-COI_is_not_simply_bias-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span>COI is not simply bias<span class="anchor" id="notbias"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-COI_is_not_simply_bias-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: COI is not simply bias"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADVOCACY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADVOCACY">WP:ADVOCACY</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COINOTBIAS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COINOTBIAS&redirect=no">WP:COINOTBIAS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Determining that someone has a COI is a <b>description of a situation</b>. It is not a judgment about that person's state of mind or integrity. A COI can exist in the absence of bias, and bias regularly exists in the absence of a COI. Beliefs and desires may lead to biased editing, but they do not constitute a COI. COI emerges from an editor's roles and relationships, and the <i>tendency to bias</i> that we assume exists when those roles and relationships conflict. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"><span id="Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span>Why is conflict of interest a problem?<span class="anchor" id="Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Why_is_conflict_of_interest_a_problem?-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Why is conflict of interest a problem?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On Wikipedia, editors with a conflict of interest who unilaterally add material tend to violate Wikipedia's content and behavioral policies and guidelines. The content they add is typically unsourced or poorly sourced and often violates the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOV">neutral point of view</a> policy by being <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PUFF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PUFF">promotional</a> and omitting negative information. They may <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit war</a> to retain content that serves their external interest. They may overuse <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PRIMARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PRIMARY">primary sources</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INDEPENDENT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INDEPENDENT">non-independent sources</a>, and they may give too much <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WEIGHT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WEIGHT">weight</a> to certain ideas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actual,_potential_and_apparent_COI" data-mw-thread-id="h-Actual,_potential_and_apparent_COI-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"><span id="Actual.2C_potential_and_apparent_COI"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Actual,_potential_and_apparent_COI-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span>Actual, potential and apparent COI<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Actual,_potential_and_apparent_COI-What_is_conflict_of_interest?"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Actual, potential and apparent COI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ACTUALCOI"></span><span id="WP:POTENTIALCOI"></span><span id="WP:APPARENTCOI"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ACTUALCOI&redirect=no">WP:ACTUALCOI</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:POTENTIALCOI&redirect=no">WP:POTENTIALCOI</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:APPARENTCOI&redirect=no">WP:APPARENTCOI</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>An <b><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="actualCOI"></span><span class="vanchor-text">actual COI</span></span></b> exists when an editor has a COI with respect to a certain judgment <em>and</em> is in a position where the judgment must be exercised. </p> <div style="margin-left:1.6em;">Example: A business owner has an actual COI if they edit articles and engage in discussions about that business.</div> <p>A <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="potentialCOI"></span><span class="vanchor-text">potential COI</span></span></b> exists when an editor has a COI with respect to a certain judgment <i>but is not</i> in a position where the judgment must be exercised. </p> <div style="margin-left:1.6em;">Example: A business owner has a potential COI with respect to articles and discussions about that business, but they have no actual COI if they stay away from those pages.</div> <p>An <b><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="apparentCOI"></span><span class="vanchor-text">apparent COI</span></span></b> exists when there is reason to believe that an editor has a COI. </p> <div style="margin-left:1.6em;">Example: Editors have an apparent COI if they edit an article about a business, and for some reason they appear to be the business owner or in communication with the business owner, although they may actually have no such connection. Apparent COI raises concern within the community and should be resolved through discussion whenever possible.</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span>Dealing with edit requests from COI or paid editors<span class="anchor" id="Responding"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Dealing with edit requests from COI or paid editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">Wikipedia:Edit requests</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Responding_to_requests" data-mw-thread-id="h-Responding_to_requests-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Responding_to_requests-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span>Responding to requests<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Responding_to_requests-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Responding to requests"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COIRESPONSE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIRESPONSE&redirect=no">WP:COIRESPONSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Editors responding to edit requests from COI or paid editors are expected to do so carefully, particularly when commercial interests are involved. When large amounts of text are added to an article on behalf of the article subject, the article has, in effect, been <a href="/wiki/Ghostwriter" title="Ghostwriter">ghostwritten</a> by the subject without the readers' knowledge. Responding volunteers should therefore carefully check the proposed text and sources. That an article has been expanded does not mean that it is better. </p> <ul><li>Make sure the proposed paid text complies with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WEIGHT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WEIGHT">WP:WEIGHT</a>.</li> <li>Look for unnecessary detail that may have been added to overwhelm something negative.</li> <li>Make sure nothing important is missing. Responding editors should do their own search for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INDY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INDY">independent sources</a>. <b>Do not rely on the sources offered by the paid editor.</b></li> <li>Look for non-neutral language and unsourced or poorly sourced content.</li> <li>Be cautious about accepting content based on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPS">self-published sources</a> such as a personal website, or <a href="/wiki/Primary_source" title="Primary source">primary sources</a> such as a company website or press release.</li></ul> <p>If the paid text is added to the article, the edit summary should include full attribution. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Attribution_in_edit_summaries" data-mw-thread-id="h-Attribution_in_edit_summaries-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Attribution_in_edit_summaries-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span>Attribution in edit summaries<span class="anchor" id="Attribution"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Attribution_in_edit_summaries-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Attribution in edit summaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_within_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia">Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copying_text_from_other_sources" title="Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources">Wikipedia:Copying text from other sources</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COIATTRIBUTE"></span><span id="WP:PAIDATTRIBUTE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIATTRIBUTE&redirect=no">WP:COIATTRIBUTE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PAIDATTRIBUTE&redirect=no">WP:PAIDATTRIBUTE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If editors choose to add material to an article on behalf of a COI or paid editor, they must provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ATTREQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ATTREQ">attribution</a> for the text in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a>. The edit summary should include the name of the COI or paid editor, a link to the draft or edit request, and that the edit contains a COI or paid contribution. For example: </p> <p><code>Text inserted on behalf of paid editor User:X; copied from [[Draft:Paid draft]].</code></p> <p>or you can also use the following format, from text requested in a talk page, </p> <p><code>Edit made due to [[WP:COI]] edit request by User:SVeatch; copied or adapted from "Revisions to Infobox, Introduction and History" at [[Special:Permalink/1213729307]]</code></p> <p><small>The <a href="/wiki/Help:Permanent_link" title="Help:Permanent link">permalink</a> helps avoid broken links when sections are archived.</small> </p><p>This transparency helps editors and readers to determine the extent of COI influence on the article. It also complies with copyright requirements. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Paid_editors_on_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Paid_editors_on_talk_pages-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Paid_editors_on_talk_pages-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span>Paid editors on talk pages<span class="anchor" id="talk"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Paid_editors_on_talk_pages-Dealing_with_edit_requests_from_COI_or_paid_editors"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Paid editors on talk pages"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COITALK"></span><span id="WP:PAYTALK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COITALK&redirect=no">WP:COITALK</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PAYTALK&redirect=no">WP:PAYTALK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Paid editors must respect the volunteer nature of the project and keep discussions concise. When proposing changes to an article, they should describe the suggested modifications and explain why the changes should be made. Any changes that may be contentious, such as removal of negative text, should be highlighted. </p><p>Before being drawn into long exchanges with paid editors, volunteers should be aware that paid editors may be submitting evidence of their talk-page posts to justify their salaries or fees. No editor should be expected to engage in long or repetitive discussions with someone who is being paid to argue with them. </p><p>Editors who refuse to accept a consensus by arguing <i><a href="/wiki/Ad_nauseam" title="Ad nauseam">ad nauseam</a></i> may find themselves in violation of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">guideline against disruptive editing</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Copyright_of_paid_contributions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Copyright_of_paid_contributions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Copyright_of_paid_contributions"></span>Copyright of paid contributions<span class="anchor" id="Copyright"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Copyright_of_paid_contributions"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Copyright of paid contributions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Work_for_hire" title="Work for hire">Work for hire</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COICOPYRIGHT"></span><span id="WP:PAIDCOPYRIGHT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COICOPYRIGHT&redirect=no">WP:COICOPYRIGHT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PAIDCOPYRIGHT&redirect=no">WP:PAIDCOPYRIGHT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Editors are reminded that any text they contribute to Wikipedia, assuming they own the copyright, is irrevocably licensed under a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CC_BY-SA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CC BY-SA">Creative Commons-Attribution-Sharealike</a> license and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GFDL" class="mw-disambig" title="Wikipedia:GFDL">GNU Free Documentation License</a>. Content on Wikipedia, including article drafts and talk-page comments, can be freely copied and modified by third parties for commercial and non-commercial use, with the sole requirement that it be attributed to Wikipedia contributors. </p><p>Paid editors must ensure that they own the copyright of text they have been paid to add to Wikipedia; otherwise, they are unable to release it. A text's author is normally assumed to be the copyright holder. Companies sometimes provide paid editors with text written by someone else. Alternatively, a paid editor might write text for Wikipedia within the scope of their employment (a "<a href="/wiki/Work_for_hire" title="Work for hire">work for hire</a>"), in which case copyright resides with the employer. </p><p>Where there is doubt that the paid editor owns the copyright, they (or the employer or author) are advised to forward a release from the copyright holder to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team" title="Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team">Volunteer Response Team</a> (<kbd><span class="nowrap">permissions-en<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikimedia.org</span></kbd>). See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PERMISSION" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PERMISSION">WP:PERMISSION</a> for how to do this and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries" title="Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries">Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries</a> for a sample letter. </p><p>If editors choose to add material to an article on behalf of a paid editor, they must provide <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ATTREQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ATTREQ">attribution</a> for the text in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Edit_summary" title="Help:Edit summary">edit summary</a>. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIATTRIBUTE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIATTRIBUTE">WP:COIATTRIBUTE</a> for how to do this. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Covert_advertising" data-mw-thread-id="h-Covert_advertising"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Covert_advertising"></span>Covert advertising<span class="anchor" id="covert"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Covert_advertising"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Covert advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources#Sponsored_content" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Wikipedia:Reliable sources § Sponsored content</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This section in a nutshell:</b> Avoid hidden advertising.</td><td class="mbox-imageright"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COVERT"></span><span id="WP:NOHIDDENADS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COVERT&redirect=no">WP:COVERT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NOHIDDENADS&redirect=no">WP:NOHIDDENADS</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="US:_Federal_Trade_Commission,_state_law,_and_native_advertising" data-mw-thread-id="h-US:_Federal_Trade_Commission,_state_law,_and_native_advertising-Covert_advertising"><span id="US:_Federal_Trade_Commission.2C_state_law.2C_and_native_advertising"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-US:_Federal_Trade_Commission,_state_law,_and_native_advertising-Covert_advertising"></span>US: Federal Trade Commission, state law, and native advertising<span data-mw-comment-end="h-US:_Federal_Trade_Commission,_state_law,_and_native_advertising-Covert_advertising"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: US: Federal Trade Commission, state law, and native advertising"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Native_advertising" title="Native advertising">Native advertising</a>, <a href="/wiki/Consumer_protection" title="Consumer protection">Consumer protection</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Direct-to-consumer_advertising" title="Direct-to-consumer advertising">Direct-to-consumer advertising</a></div> <p>All editors are expected to follow United States law on undisclosed advertising, which is described by the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission" title="Federal Trade Commission">Federal Trade Commission</a> (FTC) at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ftc.gov/os/2009/10/091005revisedendorsementguides.pdf"><i>Endorsement Guidelines</i></a> and <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/attachments/press-releases/ftc-staff-revises-online-advertising-disclosure-guidelines/130312dotcomdisclosures.pdf">Dot Com Disclosures</a></i>. The FTC regards advertising as deceptive if it mimics a content format, such as a news report, that appears to come from an independent, impartial source: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Federal_Trade_Commission.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="720"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p> Marketers and publishers are using innovative methods to create, format, and deliver digital advertising. One form is "native advertising", content that bears a similarity to the news, feature articles, product reviews, entertainment, and other material that surrounds it online. ...</p><div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div><p>In digital media, native ads often resemble the design, style, and functionality of the media in which they are disseminated. ... The more a native ad is similar in format and topic to content on the publisher's site, the more likely that a disclosure will be necessary to prevent deception. —Federal Trade Commission, 2015</p></blockquote> <p>To judge whether an ad is deceptive under the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Trade_Commission_Act_of_1914" title="Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914">Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914</a>, the FTC considers "both what the ad says and the format it uses to convey that information ... Advertisements or promotional messages are deceptive if they convey to consumers expressly or by implication that they’re independent, impartial, or from a source other than the sponsoring advertiser ...". </p><p>State law may have similar prohibitions. While the FTC law may apply only to interstate and foreign commerce, state law applies to intrastate commerce and must be obeyed. At least one state court case found liability for an ad disguised as editorial content.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources.">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_fair-trading_law" data-mw-thread-id="h-European_fair-trading_law-Covert_advertising"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-European_fair-trading_law-Covert_advertising"></span>European fair-trading law<span data-mw-comment-end="h-European_fair-trading_law-Covert_advertising"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: European fair-trading law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:No_ads.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/No_ads.svg/100px-No_ads.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/No_ads.svg/150px-No_ads.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/No_ads.svg/200px-No_ads.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3369" data-file-height="3369"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Unfair_Commercial_Practices_Directive" class="mw-redirect" title="Unfair Commercial Practices Directive">Unfair Commercial Practices Directive</a></div> <p>In 2012 the Munich <a href="/wiki/Oberlandesgericht" title="Oberlandesgericht">Oberlandesgericht</a> court ruled that if a company or its agents edit Wikipedia with the aim of influencing customers, the edits constitute covert advertising, and as such are a violation of European fair-trading law. The ruling stated that readers cannot be expected to seek out user and talk pages to find editors' disclosures about their corporate affiliation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="UK_Advertising_Standards_Authority" data-mw-thread-id="h-UK_Advertising_Standards_Authority-Covert_advertising"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-UK_Advertising_Standards_Authority-Covert_advertising"></span>UK Advertising Standards Authority<span data-mw-comment-end="h-UK_Advertising_Standards_Authority-Covert_advertising"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: UK Advertising Standards Authority"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Authority_(United_Kingdom)" title="Advertising Standards Authority (United Kingdom)">Advertising Standards Authority</a> (ASA) in the UK found in 2012 that the content of <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">tweets</a> from two footballers had been "agreed with the help of a member of the Nike marketing team". The tweets were not clearly identified as Nike marketing communications and were therefore in breach of the ASA's code. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advertising_Standards_Canada" data-mw-thread-id="h-Advertising_Standards_Canada-Covert_advertising"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Advertising_Standards_Canada-Covert_advertising"></span>Advertising Standards Canada<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Advertising_Standards_Canada-Covert_advertising"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Advertising Standards Canada"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Canada" title="Advertising Standards Canada">Canadian Code of Advertising Standards</a>, administered by <a href="/wiki/Advertising_Standards_Canada" title="Advertising Standards Canada">Advertising Standards Canada</a>, states: "No advertisement shall be presented in a format or style that conceals the fact that it is an advertisement." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Other_categories_of_COI" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_categories_of_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Other categories of COI<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Other categories of COI"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Legal_and_other_disputes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Legal_and_other_disputes-Other_categories_of_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Legal_and_other_disputes-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Legal and other disputes<span class="anchor" id="disputes"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Legal_and_other_disputes-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Legal and other disputes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLPCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLPCOI">WP:BLPCOI</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COIBLP"></span><span id="WP:COILEGAL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIBLP&redirect=no">WP:COIBLP</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COILEGAL&redirect=no">WP:COILEGAL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographies of living persons policy</a> says: "[A]n editor who is involved in a significant controversy or dispute with another individual – whether on- or off-wiki – or who is an avowed rival of that individual, should not edit that person's biography or other material about that person, given the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:POTENTIALCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:POTENTIALCOI">potential conflict of interest</a>." </p><p>Similarly, editors should not write about court cases in which they or those close to them have been involved, nor about parties or law firms associated with the cases. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaigning,_political" data-mw-thread-id="h-Campaigning,_political-Other_categories_of_COI"><span id="Campaigning.2C_political"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Campaigning,_political-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Campaigning, political<span class="anchor" id="Campaign"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Campaigning,_political-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Campaigning, political"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Wikipedia:ADVOCACY">WP:ADVOCACY</a></div> <p>Activities regarded by insiders as simply "getting the word out" may appear promotional or propagandistic to the outside world. If you edit articles while involved with campaigns in the same area, you may have a conflict of interest. Political candidates and their staff should not edit articles about themselves, their supporters, or their opponents. Government employees should not edit articles about their agencies, government, political party, political opponents, or controversial political topics. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing_about_yourself,_family,_friends" data-mw-thread-id="h-Writing_about_yourself,_family,_friends-Other_categories_of_COI"><span id="Writing_about_yourself.2C_family.2C_friends"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Writing_about_yourself,_family,_friends-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Writing about yourself, family, friends<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Writing_about_yourself,_family,_friends-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Writing about yourself, family, friends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:COS" redirects here. For the "credible claim of significance" essay, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Credible_claim_of_significance" title="Wikipedia:Credible claim of significance">Wikipedia:Credible claim of significance</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Wikipedia:Autobiography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLPCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLPCOI">WP:BLPCOI</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COISELF"></span><span id="WP:SELFPROMOTE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COISELF&redirect=no">WP:COISELF</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SELFPROMOTE&redirect=no">WP:SELFPROMOTE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>You should generally refrain from creating articles about yourself, or anyone you know, living or dead, unless through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC">Articles for Creation</a> process. If you have a personal connection to a topic or person with an existing article, you are advised to refrain from editing that article directly and to provide full disclosure of the connection if you comment about the article on talk pages or in other discussions. Requests for updates to an article about yourself or someone with whom you have a personal connection can be made on the article's talk page by following the instructions at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIREQ" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIREQ">WP:COIREQ</a>. </p><p>An exception to not editing an article about yourself or someone you know is made if the article contains defamation or a serious error that needs to be corrected quickly. If you do make such an edit, please follow it up with an email to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VRT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VRT">WP:VRT</a>, Wikipedia's volunteer response team, or ask for help on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLPN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLPN">WP:BLPN</a>, our noticeboard for articles about living persons, or the talk page of the article in question. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citing_yourself" data-mw-thread-id="h-Citing_yourself-Other_categories_of_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Citing_yourself-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Citing yourself<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Citing_yourself-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Citing yourself"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SELFCITE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SELFCITE&redirect=no">WP:SELFCITE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:SELFCITE" redirects here. For Wikipedia citing itself, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CIRCULAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CIRCULAR">WP:CIRCULAR</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MEDCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MEDCOI">WP:MEDCOI</a></div> <p>Using material you have written or published is allowed within reason, but only if it is relevant, conforms to the content policies, including <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SELFPUB" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SELFPUB">WP:SELFPUB</a>, and is not excessive. Citations should be in the third person and should not place <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UNDUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UNDUE">undue emphasis</a> on your work. You will be permanently identified in the <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">page history</a> as the person who added the citation to your own work. When in doubt, defer to the community's opinion: propose the edit on the article's talk page and allow others to review it. However, adding numerous references to work published by yourself and none by other researchers is considered <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REFSPAM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REFSPAM">to be a form of spamming</a>. <span class="anchor" id="Culture_sector"></span><span class="anchor" id="Culture-sector"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cultural_sector" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cultural_sector-Other_categories_of_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cultural_sector-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Cultural sector<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cultural_sector-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Cultural sector"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:CURATOR" redirects here. For the tool used by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol">Wikipedia:New pages patrol</a>, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_Curation" title="Wikipedia:Page Curation">Wikipedia:Page Curation</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM" title="Wikipedia:GLAM">Wikipedia:GLAM</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Advice_for_the_cultural_sector" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector">Wikipedia:Advice for the cultural sector</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Cultural_Professionals" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Cultural Professionals">Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Cultural Professionals</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CURATOR"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CURATOR&redirect=no">WP:CURATOR</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Museum curators, librarians, archivists, and similar are encouraged to help improve Wikipedia, or to share their information in the form of links to their resources. If a link cannot be used as a reliable source, it may be placed under further reading or external links if it complies with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EL">external links guideline</a>. Bear in mind that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOT#REPOSITORY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOT">Wikipedia is not a mirror or a repository</a> of links, images, or media files. </p><p>See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Expert_editors" title="Wikipedia:Expert editors">WP:Expert editors</a>. <span class="anchor" id="Wikipedians_in_residence"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wikipedians_in_residence" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikipedians_in_residence-Other_categories_of_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikipedians_in_residence-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Wikipedians in residence<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikipedians_in_residence-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Wikipedians in residence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:WIRCOI"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WIRCOI&redirect=no">WP:WIRCOI</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>There are forms of paid editing that the Wikimedia community regards as acceptable. These include <a href="/wiki/Wikipedian_in_residence" title="Wikipedian in residence">Wikipedians in residence</a> (WiRs)—Wikipedians who may be paid to collaborate with mission-aligned organizations, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM" title="Wikipedia:GLAM">galleries, libraries, archives, and museums</a>. WiRs must not engage in public relations or marketing for their organization in Wikipedia, and they should operate within the bounds defined by <a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence#Core_characteristics_of_a_Wikipedian_in_Residence" class="extiw" title="outreach:Wikipedian in Residence">Core characteristics of a Wikipedian in Residence</a> at <a href="https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" class="extiw" title="outreach:Main Page">Wikimedia Outreach</a>. They must work closely with a Wikipedia project or the general Wikipedia community, and are expected to identify their WiR status on their user page and on talk pages related to their organization when they post there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reward_board" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reward_board-Other_categories_of_COI"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reward_board-Other_categories_of_COI"></span>Reward board<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reward_board-Other_categories_of_COI"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Reward board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another example of acceptable paid editing is the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REWARD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REWARD">reward board</a>, where editors can post incentives, usually to raise articles to featured-article or good-article status. If you participate in this, transparency and neutrality are key. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Miscellaneous" data-mw-thread-id="h-Miscellaneous"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Miscellaneous"></span>Miscellaneous<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Miscellaneous"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Solicitations_by_paid_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Solicitations_by_paid_editors-Miscellaneous"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Solicitations_by_paid_editors-Miscellaneous"></span>Solicitations by paid editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Solicitations_by_paid_editors-Miscellaneous"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Solicitations by paid editors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In any solicitation sent to a prospective client, paid editors should disclose the following information: </p> <ul><li>Paid editors do not represent the Wikimedia Foundation nor the Wikipedia editing community, and they have no authority beyond that of any volunteer editor.</li> <li>Paid editors must disclose their employer, client, and affiliations on Wikipedia. There is no confidentiality for the client.</li> <li>Paid edits may be reviewed and revised in the normal course of work on Wikipedia. Neither the client nor the paid editor own the article.</li> <li>Paid editors cannot guarantee any outcome for an article on Wikipedia. It can be revised or deleted by other editors at any time.</li></ul> <p>Providing a client with a link to this section is appropriate disclosure if it is done in a neutral and non-deceptive manner. </p> <ul><li>Paid editors must also provide a link to their user page which includes a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PAID" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PAID">declaration of their paid editing status</a>. If an external website claims that a particular Wikipedia editor works for them, but that editor's user page has no such declaration, this is likely to indicate that the website is impersonating that editor.</li></ul> <p>If you received a solicitation from a paid editor that does not include this information, we recommend that you not do business with them. They are not following our policies and guidelines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Beware_of_scams" data-mw-thread-id="h-Beware_of_scams-Solicitations_by_paid_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Beware_of_scams-Solicitations_by_paid_editors"></span>Beware of scams<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Beware_of_scams-Solicitations_by_paid_editors"></span></h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Beware of scams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:BEWARESCAM"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BEWARESCAM&redirect=no">WP:BEWARESCAM</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Scam_warning" title="Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Scam warning">Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Scam warning</a></div> <p>Some solicitations from paid editors have been linked to <a href="/wiki/Internet_fraud" title="Internet fraud">fraud</a>; see for example <a href="/wiki/Operation_Orangemoody" title="Operation Orangemoody">Operation Orangemoody</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_paid_editing_companies" title="Wikipedia:List of paid editing companies">large number of businesses</a> claim to offer editing services, but some of these are scams. If someone claims that experienced editors work for them, ask them for the user names of those editors and check the corresponding editor user pages for a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">paid-contribution disclosure</a>; its absence likely indicates that the claim is false. Offers to guarantee that a page will be saved from deletion, in return for significant sums of money, are always fraudulent, as are offers to use special privileges on Wikipedia. </p><p>If you think you've received a fraudulent solicitation, please forward it to <span class="nowrap">paid-en-wp<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikipedia.org</span> for investigation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_of_unintended_consequences" data-mw-thread-id="h-Law_of_unintended_consequences-Miscellaneous"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Law_of_unintended_consequences-Miscellaneous"></span>Law of unintended consequences<span class="anchor" id="LUC"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Law_of_unintended_consequences-Miscellaneous"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Law of unintended consequences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_in_the_real_world" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:LUC"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:LUC&redirect=no">WP:LUC</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Once an article is created about yourself, your group, or your company, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_articles" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of articles">you have no right</a> to control its content, or to delete it outside the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Articles for deletion">normal channels</a>. If there is anything publicly available on a topic that you would <i>not</i> want to have included in an article, it will probably find its way there eventually. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="No_shared_accounts,_no_company_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-No_shared_accounts,_no_company_accounts-Miscellaneous"><span id="No_shared_accounts.2C_no_company_accounts"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-No_shared_accounts,_no_company_accounts-Miscellaneous"></span>No shared accounts, no company accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-No_shared_accounts,_no_company_accounts-Miscellaneous"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: No shared accounts, no company accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOSHARE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOSHARE">WP:NOSHARE</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ORGNAME" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ORGNAME">WP:ORGNAME</a></div> <p>Do not create a shared organizational account, or use the name of an organization as the account name. The account is yours, not your employer's. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Making_uncontroversial_edits" data-mw-thread-id="h-Making_uncontroversial_edits-Miscellaneous"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Making_uncontroversial_edits-Miscellaneous"></span>Making uncontroversial edits<span class="anchor" id="COIADVICE"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Making_uncontroversial_edits-Miscellaneous"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Making uncontroversial edits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COIADVICE"></span><span id="WP:COIU"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIADVICE&redirect=no">WP:COIADVICE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COIU&redirect=no">WP:COIU</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Editors who have a general conflict of interest may make unambiguously uncontroversial edits (but see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FINANCIALCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FINANCIALCOI">WP:FINANCIALCOI</a>). They may: </p> <ol><li>remove <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Spam" title="Wikipedia:Spam">spam</a> and unambiguous <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>,</li> <li>remove unambiguous violations of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biography of living persons</a> policy,</li> <li>fix spelling, grammatical, or markup errors,</li> <li>repair <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot">broken links</a>,</li> <li>remove their own COI edits, and</li> <li>add independent <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources">reliable sources</a> when another editor has requested them, although it is better to supply them on the talk page for others to add.</li></ol> <p>If another editor objects for any reason, it is not an uncontroversial edit. Edits not covered by the above should be discussed on the article's talk page. If an article has few uninvolved editors, ask at the talk page of a related <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikiproject" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Wikiproject">WikiProject</a> or at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIN">the COI noticeboard</a>. See also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COITALK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COITALK">WP:COITALK</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Supplying_photographs_and_media_files" data-mw-thread-id="h-Supplying_photographs_and_media_files-Miscellaneous"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Supplying_photographs_and_media_files-Miscellaneous"></span>Supplying photographs and media files<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Supplying_photographs_and_media_files-Miscellaneous"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Supplying photographs and media files"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Editors with a COI are encouraged to upload high-quality media files that are appropriately licensed for Wikipedia and that improve our coverage of a subject. For more information, follow the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Welcome" class="extiw" title="commons:Commons:Welcome">instructions at Commons</a>. In some cases, the addition of media files to an article may be an uncontroversial edit that editors with a COI can make directly, but editors should exercise discretion and rely on talk pages when images may be controversial or promotional. If the addition of an image is challenged by another editor, it is controversial. </p><p>The use of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:F" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:F">non-free</a> contents are restricted. Generally, using press photos or images provided by client who wish to feature them in the article but unwilling to irrevocably release the copyright under Creative Commons is unacceptable. Editors may not upload images provided by client for "Wikipedia article purpose only" and falsely claim they're licensed under CC BY-SA, as such photos are fundamentally incompatible with free content principles. Only the copyright owner or their authorized representatives may grant permission to use a work under a Creative Commons license, not the photographed subject or their public relations agent. If the same image is found copyrighted elsewhere prior to the upload date, it may be removed as a copyright violation. If you are the copyright owner and want to release content to Creative Commons for use on Wikipedia, see <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Volunteer_Response_Team#Licensing_images:_when_do_I_contact_VRT?" class="extiw" title="commons:Commons:Volunteer Response Team">Commons:Volunteer Response Team § Licensing images: when do I contact VRT?</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span>How to handle conflicts of interest<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: How to handle conflicts of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advocacy,_noticeboards" data-mw-thread-id="h-Advocacy,_noticeboards-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"><span id="Advocacy.2C_noticeboards"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Advocacy,_noticeboards-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span>Advocacy, noticeboards<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Advocacy,_noticeboards-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Advocacy, noticeboards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main pages: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard">Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard">Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard</a></div> <p>If a user's edits lead you to believe that they might have a COI (that is, if they have an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:APPARENTCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:APPARENTCOI">"apparent COI"</a>), and there has been no COI disclosure, consider first whether the issue may be simple <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADVOCACY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADVOCACY">advocacy</a>. Most advocacy does not involve COI. Whether an editor is engaged in advocacy should first be addressed at the user's talk page, then at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOVN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NPOVN">WP:NPOVN</a>, the neutral-point-of-view noticeboard. The appropriate forum for concerns about sources is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RSN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RSN">WP:RSN</a>, the reliable-sources noticeboard. If there are concerns about <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">sockpuppets</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Meatpuppetry" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Sock puppetry">meatpuppets</a>, please bring that concern to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPI">WP:SPI</a>. <span class="anchor" id="Opening_a_COIN"></span><span class="anchor" id="Posting_at_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span>Reporting to the conflict of interest noticeboard<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Reporting to the conflict of interest noticeboard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:COICOIN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:COICOIN&redirect=no">WP:COICOIN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If you believe an editor has an undisclosed COI and is editing in violation of this guideline, raise the issue in a civil manner on the editor's talk page, which is the first step in resolving user-conduct issues, per the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution#Resolving_user_conduct_disputes" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">dispute resolution policy</a>, citing this guideline. If that fails to resolve the issue, such as when an editor has repeatedly added problematic material over an extended period, then open a discussion at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIN">conflict of interest noticeboard (COIN)</a>. This also applies to a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DCOI" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DCOI">disclosed COI</a> that is causing a problem: for example, an acknowledged BLP subject who is editing their own BLP. </p><p>During the COIN discussion, avoid making disparaging remarks about the user in question, their motives or the subject of the article(s). </p><p>Post whatever public evidence you have to support that there is a COI, or that it is causing a problem, in the form of edits by that user or information the user has posted about themselves. Do not post private information; see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">WP:OUTING</a>, which is policy, and the section below, "Avoid outing". </p><p>If private information must be shared to resolve a COI issue, it may be emailed to <i><span class="nowrap">paid-en-wp<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikipedia.org</span></i>. Follow the advice in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">WP:OUTING</a>: "Only the minimum information necessary should be conveyed and the minimum number of people contacted." The priority should be to avoid unnecessary privacy violations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Avoid_outing" data-mw-thread-id="h-Avoid_outing-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Avoid_outing-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span>Avoid outing<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Avoid_outing-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Avoid outing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:AVOIDOUTING"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:AVOIDOUTING&redirect=no">WP:AVOIDOUTING</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment#Posting_of_personal_information" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Wikipedia:Harassment § Posting of personal information</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation_statement_on_paid_editing_and_outing" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation statement on paid editing and outing">Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation statement on paid editing and outing</a></div> <p>When investigating COI editing, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HARASS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HARASS">policy against harassment</a> takes precedence. It requires that Wikipedians <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">not reveal the identity of editors</a> against their wishes. Examine editors' behavior instead and seek advice by email if necessary. Do not ask a user if they <i>are</i> somebody; instead one can ask if they have an undisclosed connection to that person. If revealing private information is needed to resolve COI editing, and if the issue is serious enough to warrant it, editors can <b>email</b> <i><span class="nowrap">paid-en-wp<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikipedia.org</span></i>. Also see the section <a href="#Reporting_to_the_conflict_of_interest_noticeboard">"Reporting to the conflict of interest noticeboard"</a> above. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dealing_with_single-purpose_accounts" data-mw-thread-id="h-Dealing_with_single-purpose_accounts-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Dealing_with_single-purpose_accounts-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span>Dealing with single-purpose accounts<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Dealing_with_single-purpose_accounts-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Dealing with single-purpose accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Disruption-only" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Wikipedia:Blocking policy § Disruption-only</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">Wikipedia:Single-purpose account</a></div> <p>Accounts that appear to be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SPA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SPA">single-purpose</a>, existing for the sole or primary purpose of promotion or denigration of a person, company, product, service, website, organization, etc., and whose postings are in apparent violation of this guideline, should be made aware of this guideline and warned not to continue their problematic editing. If the same pattern of editing continues after the warning, the account may be blocked. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Templates-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Templates-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span>Templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Templates-How_to_handle_conflicts_of_interest"></span></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Templates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Relevant article talk pages may be tagged with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor" title="Template:Connected contributor">connected contributor</a>}}</code> or <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor_(paid)" title="Template:Connected contributor (paid)">connected contributor (paid)</a>}}</code>. The article itself may be tagged with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:COI" title="Template:COI">COI</a>}}</code>. A section of an article can be tagged with <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:COI" title="Template:COI">COI</a>|section}}</code> </p><p>Other templates include: </p> <ul><li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-coi" title="Template:Uw-coi">uw-coi</a>}}</code> (to be placed on user Talk pages to warn editors that they may have a conflict of interest)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Uw-coi-username" title="Template:Uw-coi-username">uw-coi-username</a>}}</code> (another Talk page warning, this one for editors whose username appears to violate the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Usernames">WP:Usernames</a> policy)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:COI_editnotice" title="Template:COI editnotice">COI editnotice</a>}}</code> (this template goes on article talk pages and gives instructions to COI editors on how to submit edit requests to the article)</li> <li><code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:User_COI" title="Template:User COI">User COI</a>}}</code> (userbox for users to self-declare on their own Userpages those articles with which they have a conflict of interest; userbox can list up to nine articles)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 26em;"> <p><b>Wikimedia Foundation</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use#4. Refraining from Certain Activities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sue_Gardner" title="Sue Gardner">Sue Gardner</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180528004832/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner_statement_paid_advocacy_editing">"Press releases/Sue Gardner statement paid advocacy editing"</a>, Wikimedia Foundation, 21 October 2013.</li></ul> <p><b>Contact us</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us/Article_subjects" title="Wikipedia:Contact us/Article subjects">Wikipedia:Contact us/Article subjects</a></li></ul> <p><b>Article</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_editing_on_Wikipedia" class="mw-redirect" title="Conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia">Conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia</a></li></ul> <p><b>Policies</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Wikipedia:Username policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not</a></li></ul> <p><b>Wikiprojects</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Integrity" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Integrity">Wikipedia:WikiProject Integrity</a></li></ul> <p><b>Miscellaneous</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About_you" title="Wikipedia:About you">Wikipedia:About you</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library/Cultural_Professionals" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Cultural Professionals">Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library/Cultural Professionals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_conflict_of_interest_edit_requests" title="Category:Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests">Category:Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests</a> (lists edits for review where proposer has a conflict of interest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_articles_with_possible_conflicts_of_interest" title="Category:Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest">Category:Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reward_board" title="Wikipedia:Reward board">Wikipedia:Reward board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Article_subjects" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects">Wikipedia:FAQ/Article subjects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:COIBot" title="User:COIBot">User:COIBot</a></li> <li><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchFilter=148">Users creating autobiographies</a> (an edit filter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Statement_on_Wikipedia_from_participating_communications_firms" title="Wikipedia:Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms">Statement on Wikipedia from participating communications firms</a>, June 2014</li></ul> <p><b>Essays</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Best_practices_for_editors_with_close_associations" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with close associations">Wikipedia:Best practices for editors with close associations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflicts_of_interest_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Conflicts of interest (medicine)">Wikipedia:Conflicts of interest (medicine)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceptive_advertising" title="Wikipedia:Deceptive advertising">Wikipedia:Deceptive advertising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Don%27t_cry_COI" title="Wikipedia:Don't cry COI">Wikipedia:Don't cry COI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:For_publicists_publicizing_a_client%27s_work" title="Wikipedia:For publicists publicizing a client's work">Wikipedia:For publicists publicizing a client's work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ghostwriting" title="Wikipedia:Ghostwriting">Wikipedia:Ghostwriting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_available_for_editors_with_conflicts_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Help available for editors with conflicts of interest">Wikipedia:Help available for editors with conflicts of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Independent_sources" title="Wikipedia:Independent sources">Wikipedia:Independent sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid_editing_(essay)" title="Wikipedia:Paid editing (essay)">Wikipedia:Paid editing (essay)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plain_and_simple_conflict_of_interest_guide" title="Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide">Wikipedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_relations_(essay)" title="Wikipedia:Public relations (essay)">Wikipedia:Public relations (essay)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Search_engine_optimization" title="Wikipedia:Search engine optimization">Wikipedia:Search engine optimization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_in_the_real_world" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is in the real world</a></li></ul> <p><b>Historical</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Cooperation" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Cooperation">Wikipedia:WikiProject Cooperation</a> (defunct)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Paid_editing" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Paid editing">Wikipedia community discussion on paid editing</a>, 2009, sparked by discovery that admin/crat/OTRS editor was editing for pay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/COI" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/COI">Wikipedia community discussion on conflict of interest</a>, 2012.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COI%2B" title="Wikipedia:COI+">Wikipedia:COI+</a><small> (failed proposal, 21 February 2013)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Commercial_editing" title="Wikipedia:Commercial editing">Commercial editing</a> 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ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Davis_(philosopher)" title="Michael Davis (philosopher)">Davis, Michael</a> (1982). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=bpej&id=bpej_1982_0001_0004_0017_0027">"Conflict of Interest"</a>, <i>Business and Professional Ethics Journal</i>, 1(4), pp. 17–27 (influential). <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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(1987). "Conflict of Interest as a Moral Category," <i>Business & Professional Ethics Journal</i>, 6, pp. 66–81. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27799930">27799930</a> (influential)</li> <li>Davis, Michael (Winter 1993). "Conflict of Interest Revisited," <i>Business & Professional Ethics Journal</i>, 12(4), pp. 21–41. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/27800924">27800924</a></li> <li>Stark, Andrew (2003). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://books.google.com/books?id=CxjXZkCRAMoC&printsec=frontcover"><i>Conflict of Interest in American Public Life</i></a>, Harvard University Press.</li> <li>Carson, Thomas L. (January 2004). 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href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Project content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="protocols related to administration">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="G" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Project_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Project namespace">Project namespace</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Guide" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Guide">WikiProjects</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: #e6e6e6;color:inherit;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policy:Universal Code of Conduct">Universal Code of Conduct</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policies" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policies">List of policies</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Friendly_space_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Friendly space policy">Friendly space policy</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Resolution:Licensing_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy">Licensing and copyright</a></li> <li><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="wmf:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;;font-weight: normal;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of policies and guidelines">List of all policies and guidelines</a></b> <ul><li><b><span style="color:#118811;"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">List of policies</a></b></li> <li><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></span></b>: <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:List of guidelines">List of guidelines</a></b></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Principles" title="Wikipedia:Principles">Summaries of values and principles</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Conflict_of_interest" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Conflict_of_interest" title="Template:Conflict of interest"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Conflict_of_interest" title="Template talk:Conflict of interest"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Conflict_of_interest" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Conflict of interest"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Conflict_of_interest" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_wall" title="Chinese wall">Chinese wall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest_in_the_healthcare_industry" title="Conflict of interest in the healthcare industry">Conflict of interest in the healthcare industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conflict-of-interest_editing_on_Wikipedia" title="Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia">Conflicts of interest on Wikipedia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Funding_bias" title="Funding bias">Funding bias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insider_trading" title="Insider trading">Insider trading</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_disqualification" class="mw-redirect" title="Judicial disqualification">Judicial disqualification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nepotism" title="Nepotism">Nepotism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regulatory_capture" title="Regulatory capture">Regulatory capture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self-dealing" title="Self-dealing">Self-dealing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Industry_self-regulation" title="Industry self-regulation">Self-regulation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_capture" title="State capture">State capture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shill" title="Shill">Shill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AllTrials" title="AllTrials">AllTrials</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arm%27s_length_principle" title="Arm's length principle">Arm's length principle</a></li> <li><a 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