Template:COI editor

— Note to closing admin: [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]) appears to have a close connection with the subject of the article being discussed.

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For the box for article talk pages, see Template:Connected contributor.

Usage

This template should be substituted and it takes one or two parameters.

Syntax:

{{subst:COI editor|username|UTC timestamp [optional]}}

See Wikipedia:Conflict of interest for information on when it is appropriate to use this template.

Examples

If the editor signed their edit, use the following format, placed next to their signature

{{subst:COI editor|Example}}

— Note to closing admin: Example (talk • contribs) appears to have a close connection with the subject of the article being discussed.

If the editor did not sign their edit, use this format, placed next to their comment

{{subst:COI editor|Example|07:57, 12 February 2009}}

— Note to closing admin: Example (talk • contribs) appears to have a close connection with the subject of the article being discussed. The preceding unsigned comment was added at 07:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC).

See also

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:COI editor/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.