Template:User COI
 | This user has publicly declared that they have a conflict of interest regarding the Wikipedia article Example. |
 | This template is used on approximately 40,000 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
{{User COI
|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
| 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
| Content | optional |
| float | float | Alignment of the userbox to the left or right side of the page
| Unknown | optional |
Tracking category
Draft pages with misplaced userbox are added to Category:Misplaced COI declarations in draftspace.