Introduction

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A user may place this tag on their user page to self-identify as having a conflict of interest ("COI") regarding one or more existing Wikipedia articles. Ideally, this tag should be placed on the user page by the user themself, rather than by another editor who may have identified the user as having a conflict of interest. But, in practice, anyone may place the tag.

Placing this tag on your user page will satisfy the requirement of the WP:COI guideline section "How to disclose a COI."

This tag does not need to be substituted: it can and should be used as is, without the subst: prefix.

If a user has made any significant contributions to a COI article (i.e., any contribution above the level of correcting layout, style, or grammar problems), that user is encouraged to also place the {{Connected contributor}} template on the article's talk page. Please see the documentation for that template in order to learn how to use it correctly.

Usage

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{{UserboxCOI
|1=First Wikipedia article title
|2=Second Wikipedia article title
|3=Third Wikipedia article title
...
up to
|9=Ninth Wikipedia article title
|text=Free flowing text if more detailed explanations are needed
}}

Parameters

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Userbox for declaring a conflict of interest

Template parameters

ParameterDescriptionTypeStatus
11

The name of the first or only Wikipedia article with which this user has a declared conflict of interest (do not use brackets)

Page namerequired
22

Second page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
33

Third page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
44

Fourth page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
55

Fifth page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
66

Sixth page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
77

Seventh page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
88

Eighth page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
99

Ninth page with which the user has a conflict of interest

Page nameoptional
texttext

Free flowing text allowing for more detailed explanations

Example
I have a pet [[lemur]], whom I love dearly, so I find it difficult to write [[Wikipedia:Neutrality|neutrally]] about the species.
Contentoptional
floatfloat

Alignment of the userbox to the left or right side of the page

Suggested values
left right
Unknownoptional

Tracking category

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Draft pages with misplaced userbox are added to Category:Misplaced COI declarations in draftspace.