Template:User COI/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:User COI.
It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 32,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Introduction

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

{{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

Userbox for declaring a conflict of interest

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	`1`	The name of the first or only Wikipedia article with which this user has a declared conflict of interest (do not use brackets)	Page name	required
2	`2`	Second page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
3	`3`	Third page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
4	`4`	Fourth page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
5	`5`	Fifth page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
6	`6`	Sixth page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
7	`7`	Seventh page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
8	`8`	Eighth page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
9	`9`	Ninth page with which the user has a conflict of interest	Page name	optional
text	`text`	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.	Content	optional
float	`float`	Alignment of the userbox to the left or right side of the page Suggested values `left` `right`	Unknown	optional

Tracking category

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