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class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">Wikipedia</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Paid-contribution disclosure</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 27 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-27" 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">27 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:%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B9%D8%A9" title="ويكيبيديا:مساهمات مدفوعة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:مساهمات مدفوعة" 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:%C3%96d%C9%99ni%C5%9Fli_redaktorluq" title="Vikipediya:Ödənişli redaktorluq – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Ödənişli redaktorluq" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</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%A2%D2%AF%D0%BB%D3%99%D2%AF%D0%BB%D0%B5_%D2%A1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%8B%D1%83" title="Википедия:Түләүле ҡатнашыу – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Википедия:Түләүле ҡатнашыу" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bezahltes_Schreiben" title="Wikipedia:Bezahltes Schreiben – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Bezahltes Schreiben" 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%93%CE%BD%CF%89%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%AF%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7_%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B2%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CF%83%CF%85%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%82" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Γνωστοποίηση αμειβόμενης συνεισφοράς – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Γνωστοποίηση αμειβόμενης συνεισφοράς" 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:Ediciones_remuneradas" title="Wikipedia:Ediciones remuneradas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Ediciones remuneradas" 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:%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%AF" title="ویکی‌پدیا:فاش‌سازی مشارکت در برابر دستمزد – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:فاش‌سازی مشارکت در برابر دستمزد" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fyrimynd:Connected_contributor_(paid)/doc" title="Fyrimynd:Connected contributor (paid)/doc – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Fyrimynd:Connected contributor (paid)/doc" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Contributions_r%C3%A9mun%C3%A9r%C3%A9es" title="Wikipédia:Contributions rémunérées – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Contributions rémunérées" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95-%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3" title="विकिपीडिया:सशुल्क-योगदान प्रकटीकरण – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:सशुल्क-योगदान प्रकटीकरण" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Memberitahukan_kontribusi_yang_dibayar" title="Wikipedia:Memberitahukan kontribusi yang dibayar – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Memberitahukan kontribusi yang dibayar" 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:Avvertenze_sulla_contribuzione_su_commissione" title="Wikipedia:Avvertenze sulla contribuzione su commissione – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Avvertenze sulla contribuzione su commissione" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%AA%D7%A9%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%9D" title="ויקיפדיה:עריכה בתשלום – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:עריכה בתשלום" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedija:Redagavimas_u%C5%BE_u%C5%BEmokest%C4%AF" title="Vikipedija:Redagavimas už užmokestį – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vikipedija:Redagavimas už užmokestį" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</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:%D9%83%D8%B4%D9%81_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%87" title="ويكيبيديا:كشف المساهمات المدفوعه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:كشف المساهمات المدفوعه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E6%9C%89%E5%84%9F%E3%81%AE%E5%AF%84%E7%A8%BF%E3%81%AE%E9%96%8B%E7%A4%BA" title="Wikipedia:有償の寄稿の開示 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:有償の寄稿の開示" 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-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Betalt_redigering" title="Wikipedia:Betalt redigering – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Betalt redigering" 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-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%9E%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B5_%D1%83%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Википедия:Оплачиваемое участие – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Оплачиваемое участие" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="විකිපීඩියා:Paid-contribution disclosure – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:Paid-contribution disclosure" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DA%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%DA%8A%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%A7-%DA%8F%D9%86%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A9_%D9%BE%DA%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%88" title="وڪيپيڊيا:پيسا-ڏنل ليک پڌرنامو – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="وڪيپيڊيا:پيسا-ڏنل ليک پڌرنامو" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3_%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%9A%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Откривање плаћеног доприношења – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Откривање плаћеног доприношења" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:DISCLOSEPAY&redirect=no">WP:DISCLOSEPAY</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PAYDISCLOSE&redirect=no">WP:PAYDISCLOSE</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <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 page in a 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selflink">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content" title="Wikipedia:Reusing Wikipedia content">Reusing Wikipedia content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Terms_of_use" title="Wikipedia:Terms of use">Terms of use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Privacy_policy" title="Wikipedia:Privacy policy">Privacy policy</a></li></ul></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:Legal_policy_list" title="Template:Legal policy list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Legal_policy_list" title="Template talk:Legal policy list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Legal_policy_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Legal policy list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paid contributions</b> on Wikipedia involve editing any page in exchange for compensation, including money or other incentives. Editors receiving payment must disclose their <a href="#Employer">employer</a>, client, and affiliation, on their user page, talk page, or in edit summaries. It does not matter whether you are paid directly by the client, or paid indirectly by an employer on behalf of the client. Disclosure is necessary to comply with Wikimedia Foundation’s <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a>. Paid editors are also required to provide links on their user page to any external accounts where they solicit paid editing services. Administrators may not use their administrative privileges for pay. </p><p>The guidelines emphasize transparency to avoid <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">conflicts of interest</a>, and editors who fail to disclose paid contributions are prohibited from editing. <a href="#Reporting_undisclosed_paid_editors">Reports of undisclosed paid editing</a> can be made via official Wikipedia channels. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Wikimedia_Foundation_Terms_of_Use" data-mw-thread-id="h-Wikimedia_Foundation_Terms_of_Use"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Wikimedia_Foundation_Terms_of_Use"></span>Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Wikimedia_Foundation_Terms_of_Use"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia-logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/45px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/68px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Wikimedia-logo.svg/90px-Wikimedia-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1024"/></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This section describes the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">paid contribution disclosure policy</a> from the Wikimedia Foundation's <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> for all of its web sites.</td></tr></tbody></table> <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 all editors disclose their "employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which they receive, or expect to receive, compensation":<sup id="cite_ref-Terms-of-use-section-4_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Terms-of-use-section-4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote style="background-color:#F9F9F9;margin-left:0em;border-left:solid 2px #ccc;padding:1.5em"> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg/150px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg/225px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg/300px-Wikimedia_Foundation_logo_-_vertical.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="383"/></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Paid contributions without disclosure</b> </p><p>These Terms of Use prohibit engaging in deceptive activities, including misrepresentation of affiliation, impersonation, and fraud. As part of these obligations, you must disclose your employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any contribution for which you receive, or expect to receive, compensation. You must make that disclosure in at least one of the following ways: </p> <dl><dd><ul><li>a statement on your user page,</li> <li>a statement on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or</li> <li>a statement in the edit summary accompanying any paid contributions.</li></ul></dd></dl> <p>Applicable law, or community and Foundation policies and guidelines, such as those addressing conflicts of interest, may further limit paid contributions or require more detailed disclosure. </p><p> A Wikimedia Project community may adopt an alternative paid contribution disclosure policy. If a Project adopts an alternative disclosure policy, you may comply with that policy instead of the requirements in this section when contributing to that Project. An alternative paid contribution policy will only supersede these requirements if it is approved by the relevant Project community and listed in the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alternative_paid_contribution_disclosure_policies" class="extiw" title="m:Alternative paid contribution disclosure policies">alternative disclosure policy page</a>.</p></blockquote> <p>The above is the policy of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) and of the English-language Wikipedia. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Meaning_of_"employer,_client,_and_affiliation"" data-mw-thread-id="h-Meaning_of_"employer,_client,_and_affiliation"-Wikimedia_Foundation_Terms_of_Use"><span id="Meaning_of_.22employer.2C_client.2C_and_affiliation.22"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Meaning_of_"employer,_client,_and_affiliation"-Wikimedia_Foundation_Terms_of_Use"></span>Meaning of "employer, client, and affiliation"<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Meaning_of_"employer,_client,_and_affiliation"-Wikimedia_Foundation_Terms_of_Use"></span></h3></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">Further information: <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use/Frequently_asked_questions_on_paid_contributions_without_disclosure" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policy:Terms of Use/Frequently asked questions on paid contributions without disclosure">wmf:Policy:Terms of Use/Frequently asked questions on paid contributions without disclosure</a></div> <p>Editors must disclose their employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any paid contribution to Wikipedia. </p> <ul><li><span class="anchor" id="Employer"></span><b>Employer</b>: the person or organization that pays, either directly or through intermediaries, a user to contribute to Wikipedia. This includes cases where the employer has hired the user as an employee, has engaged the user under a freelance contract, is compensating the user without a contract, or is compensating the user through the user's employment by another organization.</li> <li><b>Client</b>: the person or organization on whose behalf the edits are made; the client is often the subject of the article.</li> <li><b>Affiliation</b>: other connections that might be relevant, including, but not limited to, people or businesses who provide text, images, or other media for the paid edit. If a paid editor is working as a contractor, "affiliation" would include any broker involved in the transaction (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Fiverr" title="Fiverr">Fiverr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Upwork" title="Upwork">Upwork</a>, etc.).</li> <li><b>Contribution</b>: any text or file added to, or deleted from, Wikipedia, including talk-page and sandbox contributions, and material added to or deleted from articles by others at the behest of paid editors.</li> <li><b>Payment</b> or <b>compensation</b>: includes, but is not limited to, money, goods or services.</li></ul> <p>For example, if Smith PR pays an editor to work on Wikipedia content about Acme Widgets, then Smith PR is that editor's employer with respect to those contributions, while Acme Widgets is the client. If you have been hired by a public-relations firm to edit Wikipedia, you must disclose both the firm and the firm's client.<sup id="cite_ref-FAQ_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAQ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Often the employer and client are the same entity. If Acme Widgets pays an editor directly to write about that company, then Acme Widgets is both the employer and client. </p><p><b><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedian_in_Residence" class="extiw" title="m:Wikipedian in Residence">Wikipedians in residence</a></b> who are paid must disclose which organization (<a href="/wiki/GLAM_(industry_sector)" class="mw-redirect" title="GLAM (industry sector)">GLAM</a> or similar) pays them.<sup id="cite_ref-FAQ_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAQ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Additional_notes_on_who_must_disclose" data-mw-thread-id="h-Additional_notes_on_who_must_disclose"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Additional_notes_on_who_must_disclose"></span>Additional notes on who must disclose<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Additional_notes_on_who_must_disclose"></span></h2></div> <p>Users who are compensated for <em>any</em> publicity efforts related to the subject of their Wikipedia contributions are deemed to be paid editors, <em>regardless</em> of whether they were compensated specifically to edit Wikipedia. </p><p><b>Interns</b> are considered employees for this purpose. If they are directed or expected to edit Wikipedia as part of an internship, they must disclose. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_to_disclose" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_to_disclose"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_to_disclose"></span>How to disclose<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_to_disclose"></span></h2></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:Conflict_of_interest#Paid_editors" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest § Paid editors</a></div> <p>Editors who are or expect to be compensated for their contributions must disclose their employer, client, and affiliation with respect to any paid contributions. They must do this on their main user page, or on the talk page accompanying any paid contributions, or in edit summaries. Disclosure on user pages may be done using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Paid" title="Template:Paid">paid</a>}}</code> template as follows: <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Paid" title="Template:Paid">paid</a>|employer=<var style="padding-right: 1px;">name of employer</var>|client=<var style="padding-right: 1px;">name of client</var>}}</code>. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIDISCLOSEPAY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIDISCLOSEPAY">conflict of interest guideline</a> further advises editors to supply a clearly visible list of their paid contributions on their main user page (see the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Paid" title="Template:Paid">paid</a>}}</code> template documentation for instructions). Disclosures on the talk page for the page in question may be done using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Connected_contributor_(paid)" title="Template:Connected contributor (paid)">connected contributor (paid)</a>}}</code> template (see its documentation for instructions). </p><p>Paid editors who cannot disclose their employer, client, and affiliations are prohibited from editing. Non-disclosure agreements do not invalidate this requirement. There is no confidentiality for the employer, client, or affiliations. </p><p>It makes no difference if the paid editor writes the content off-site or in userspace and then another editor moves the material into mainspace <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MEAT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MEAT">on their behalf</a>. Both editors are required to make a disclosure. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Disclosing_external_accounts_on_Wikipedia" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disclosing_external_accounts_on_Wikipedia"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disclosing_external_accounts_on_Wikipedia"></span>Disclosing external accounts on Wikipedia<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disclosing_external_accounts_on_Wikipedia"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg/45px-Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg/68px-Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg/90px-Wikimedia_Community_Logo_optimized.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="900"/></a></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This section describes a <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Linking_to_external_advertising_accounts" class="extiw" title="meta:Linking to external advertising accounts">requirement to disclose external accounts</a> that was passed on <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/" class="extiw" title="meta:">Meta-Wiki</a> and applies to all Wikipedia language versions.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Paid editors must provide links on their Wikipedia user page to all active accounts at websites where they advertise, solicit or obtain paid Wikipedia-editing services. If such an account is deleted or removed, any corresponding links on the Wikipedia user page must remain visible for at least one week.<sup id="cite_ref-linking_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-linking-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Disclosures_to_clients" data-mw-thread-id="h-Disclosures_to_clients"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Disclosures_to_clients"></span>Disclosures to clients<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Disclosures_to_clients"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text">This section documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy</a>, a widely accepted standard that all editors should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Use_common_sense" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Use common sense">normally</a> follow. Changes made to it should reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Paid editors must provide links to the user page(s) of their Wikipedia account(s) on each website on which they advertise, solicit or obtain paid editing services, as well as in direct communications with each client and potential client (such as through email). If the paid editor has used or controlled more than one Wikipedia account, each account must be disclosed.<sup id="cite_ref-external_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-external-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This transparency helps the Wikipedia community to understand and analyze the source and scope of paid editing, and to ensure that content originating from paid editors complies with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Promotion_and_advertising" data-mw-thread-id="h-Promotion_and_advertising"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Promotion_and_advertising"></span>Promotion and advertising<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Promotion_and_advertising"></span></h2></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:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not</a></div> <p>Paid editors <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PROMO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PROMO">may not advertise or promote their services</a> on Wikipedia. The disclosures required by the terms of use are not regarded as advertisements or promotion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Administrators" data-mw-thread-id="h-Administrators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Administrators"></span>Administrators<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Administrators"></span></h2></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:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Wikipedia:Administrators</a></div> <p>Administrators making paid edits are subject to the same disclosure requirements as all other users, and are not permitted to use special privileges for paid editing. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TOOLMISUSE">administrator policy</a> states: <i>Administrator tools may not be used 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.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Conflict_of_interest_guideline" data-mw-thread-id="h-Conflict_of_interest_guideline"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Conflict_of_interest_guideline"></span>Conflict of interest guideline<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Conflict_of_interest_guideline"></span></h2></div> <p>Paid editing is further regulated by a community guideline, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Wikipedia:Conflict of interest</a>. This advises that those with a conflict of interest, including paid editors, are <b>strongly discouraged</b> from directly editing affected articles, but may post content proposals on the talk pages of existing articles, and should put new articles through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC">articles for creation</a> process, so they can be reviewed prior to being published. </p><p>The Foundation's terms of use FAQ advises: "[S]ome projects have conflict of interest policies that are different from (and stronger than) this provision in the terms of use. These policies might prevent you from certain forms of volunteer editing, for example, contributing to articles about yourself."<sup id="cite_ref-FAQ_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FAQ-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Reporting_undisclosed_paid_editors" data-mw-thread-id="h-Reporting_undisclosed_paid_editors"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Reporting_undisclosed_paid_editors"></span>Reporting undisclosed paid editors<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Reporting_undisclosed_paid_editors"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:REPORTPAID"></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:REPORTPAID&redirect=no">WP:REPORTPAID</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">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Conflict_of_interest_reports" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Conflict of interest reports">Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Conflict of interest reports</a></div> <p>If you believe an editor is conducting undisclosed paid editing as defined by this policy, please report it to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Administrators' Noticeboard (Incidents)</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COIN">Conflict of Interest Noticeboard</a> if it does not involve <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OUTING" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OUTING">revealing the private information</a> of an editor. Otherwise, please email <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> with why you believe an editor is engaged in paid editing and there is private information. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Changing_this_page" data-mw-thread-id="h-Changing_this_page"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Changing_this_page"></span>Changing this page<span class="anchor" id="change"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Changing_this_page"></span></h2></div> <p>The guidance on this page may be changed in two ways: </p> <ul><li>An alternative policy can revoke the disclosure provision of the terms of use as it applies to the English Wikipedia and replace it with a new policy, which may be stronger or weaker. A proposed alternative policy must be clearly identified in a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFC">request for comment</a> (RfC) as revoking the WMF policy. Upon approval, the new policy must be listed on the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Alternative_paid_contribution_disclosure_policies" class="extiw" title="m:Alternative paid contribution disclosure policies">alternative-disclosure policy page</a>. The RfC must be conducted in a manner consistent with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PROPOSAL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PROPOSAL">standard consensus-based process for establishing core policies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Terms-of-use-section-4_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Terms-of-use-section-4-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Other changes that do not seek to revoke or weaken the terms of use are permitted, consistent with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PGCHANGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGCHANGE">community practice for adding such material</a>.</li></ul> <p>When discussing changes to this page, disclose whether you have been paid to edit Wikipedia. </p> <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></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_paid_editing_companies" title="Wikipedia:List of paid editing companies">Wikipedia:List of paid editing companies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/Scam_warning" title="Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Scam warning">Wikipedia:Articles for creation/Scam warning</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="References" data-mw-thread-id="h-References"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-References"></span>References<span data-mw-comment-end="h-References"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Terms-of-use-section-4-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Terms-of-use-section-4_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Terms-of-use-section-4_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use#4._Refraining_from_Certain_Activities" class="extiw" title="wmf:Terms of use">wmf:Terms of use#4. Refraining from Certain Activities</a>, Wikimedia Foundation. The terms of use were <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Terms_of_Use&type=revision&diff=98151&oldid=90463">amended</a> on 16 June 2014 to include this content, after <a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use/Paid_contributions_amendment">extensive discussion</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FAQ-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FAQ_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FAQ_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FAQ_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Terms_of_Use/Frequently_asked_questions_on_paid_contributions_without_disclosure" class="extiw" title="wmf:Policy:Terms of Use/Frequently asked questions on paid contributions without disclosure">Terms of use/FAQ on paid contributions without disclosure</a>, Wikimedia Foundation.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-linking-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-linking_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Linking_to_external_advertising_accounts" class="extiw" title="meta:Linking to external advertising accounts">meta:Linking to external advertising accounts</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-external-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-external_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/989604285#RfC_on_new_disclosure_requirements_for_freelance_paid_editors" title="Special:Diff/989604285">RfC on new disclosure requirements for freelance paid editors</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a 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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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">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 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