Template:COI
A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. |
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Purpose[edit]
Use this tag to request help from other editors with an article that may be biased by a conflict of interest, and to request help from other editors with an article that is biased or has other serious problems as a direct result of editing by the subject of the article, or by a person with a close connection to the subject.
Do not use this tag if you can quickly solve the problem, e.g., by removing puffery or by reverting the blanking of well-sourced criticism. If the article/edit also has problems with neutrality, however, then use of the tag is likely appropriate.
Like the other neutrality-related tags, if you place this tag, you should promptly start a discussion on the article's talk page to explain what is non-neutral about the article. If you do not start a discussion, any editor will be justified in removing the tag without warning. Be careful not to violate the policy against revealing users who have not publicly self-disclosed their identities on the BattleTechWiki.
The article should have a specific problem[edit]
In order to be tagged, the article should have a specific, articulatable, fixable problem. Do not apply this tag simply because you suspect COI editing, or because there is or was a COI editor. COI editors can be added to the talk page using the template {{Connected contributor}}. The COI tag should be removed once the problem is fixed.
When to remove[edit]
This tag may be removed by editors who do not have a conflict of interest after the problem is resolved, if the problem is not explained on the article's talk page, and/or if no current attempts to resolve the problem can be found.
Usage[edit]
{{COI|talk=talk page section}}
To tag a section, use {{COI|section|talk=talk page section}}
When placing this tag, please tag the article talk page with {{Connected contributor}}.
Tracking[edit]
This template will categorise tagged articles into Category:Articles with possible conflicts of interest
TemplateData[edit]
TemplateData for COI
Use this tag to alert readers that the article may be biased by a conflict of interest.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Type (section) | 1 | Something to replace the word "article", normally "section".
| String | optional |
Talk page section | talk discuss | The section of the talk page containing relevant discussion
| String | suggested |
See also[edit]
- {{Connected contributor}} - to mark an article's talk page if a user with a COI has edited the corresponding article
- {{UserboxCOI}} - to make a standardized self-declaration of a conflict of interest on one's user page