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• This page should only be used when ordinary talk page discussion has been attempted and failed to resolve the issue, such as when an editor has repeatedly added problematic material over an extended period.
• Do not post personal information about other editors here without their permission. Non-public evidence of a conflict of interest can be emailed to {{Nospam|paid-en-wp|wikipedia.org}} for review by a functionary. If in doubt, you can contact an individual functionary or the Arbitration Committee privately for advice.
• The COI guideline does not absolutely prohibit people with a connection to a subject from editing articles on that subject. Editors who have such a connection can still comply with the COI guideline by discussing proposed article changes first, or by making uncontroversial edits. COI allegations should not be used as a "trump card" in disputes over article content. However, paid editing without disclosure is prohibited. Consider using the template series {{tl|Uw-paid1}} through {{tl|Uw-paid4}}.
• Your report or advice request regarding COI incidents should include diff links and focus on one or more items in the COI guideline. In response, COIN may determine whether a specific editor has a COI for a specific article. There are three possible outcomes to your COIN request:

:: 1. COIN consensus determines that an editor has a COI for a specific article. In response, the relevant article talk pages may be tagged with {{Tl|Connected contributor}}, the article page may be tagged with {{Tl|COI}}, and/or the user may be warned via {{tlxs|uw-coi|Article}}.

:: 2. COIN consensus determines that an editor does not have a COI for a specific article. In response, editors should refrain from further accusing that editor of having a conflict of interest. Feel free to repost at COIN if additional COI evidence comes to light that was not previously addressed.

:: 3. There is no COIN consensus. Here, {{u|Lowercase sigmabot III}} will automatically archive the thread when it is older than 14 days.

• Once COIN declares that an editor has a COI for a specific article, COIN (or a variety of other noticeboards) may be used to determine whether an edit by a COIN-declared COI editor meets a requirement of the Wikipedia:Conflict of interest guideline.

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• Issues involving the biographies of living persons policy (BLP) may be more suited to Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard.
• Commercial usernames should be reported to Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention.
• Obvious cases of corporate vanity can be tagged with {{tl|db-spam}}.
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;To close a report

• Add Template:Resolved at the head of the complaint, with the reason for closing and your signature.
• Old issues are taken away by the archive bot.

;Other ways to help

• All editors are encouraged to help resolve reports of COI editing. More problematic articles can be found in :Category:Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest.
• :Category:Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests. Editors who believe they have a conflict of interest may ask someone else to make edits for them. Please visit this category and respond to one of these requests. Whether you perform it or not, you should edit the parameter of the {{tl|edit COI}} when you are done to remove the article from the category. Leave a Talk comment for the requester to explain your decision.

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