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=== When to use ===
Use this tag to alert readers that the article may be '''biased''' by a conflict of interest, and to request help from other editors '''with an article that is [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|biased or has other serious problems]]''' as a direct result of editing by the subject of the article, or by a person with a close connection to the subject (e.g., public-relations employees or paid editors).

'''Do not''' use this tag if you can quickly solve the problem, e.g., by removing [[WP:PEACOCK|peacocking]] and puffery or by reverting the blanking of well-sourced criticism. If the article/ edit also has problems with ''neutrality'', however, then use of the tag is likely appropriate.

This tag is not generally used to notify readers that an article appears to be partially or wholly [[WP:AUTO|autobiographical]]. If this is the case, please use the more-specific {{tl|autobiography}} tag. An exception to using the autobiography tag is when such use would [[WP:OUTING|reveal the identity]] of a Wikipedia editor.

Like the other neutrality-related tags, <mark>if you place this tag, you should promptly start a discussion on the article's talk page to explain what is non-neutral about the article</mark>. If you do not start this discussion, then any editor is justified in removing the tag without warning.  Be careful not to violate the policy against [[WP:OUTING]] users who have not publicly self-disclosed their identities on the English Wikipedia.

Note: COI is an abbreviation for Conflict Of Interest; see [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest]]. '''Do not''' use the {{Tlx|Conflict of interest}} template, which is a [[Wikipedia:Navigation template|navigation box]] for encyclopedia articles.

=== When to remove ===

This tag may be removed by editors who do not have a conflict of interest after the problem is resolved, if the problem is not explained on the article's talk page, and/or if no current attempts to resolve the problem can be found.

=== How to use ===

{{Tlx|COI|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

To tag a section, use {{Tlx|COI|section|date{{=}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}}}

When placing this tag, please tag the article talk page with {{Tl|Connected contributor}}. If dealing with a paid editor, use {{Tl|Connected contributor (paid)}}. 

To place a warning on the user talkpage of someone with a suspected conflict of interest, use {{Tl|uw-coi}}.

=== Notes ===

This template will categorise tagged articles into [[:Category:Wikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest]], or a dated subcategory thereof.

This [[Wikipedia:Template|template]] is a [[Wikipedia:Avoid self-references|self-reference]].

This template is not useful for [[Wikipedia:Subst|substitution]].

==TemplateData==
{{TemplateDataHeader}}
<templatedata>
{
	"description": "Use this tag to alert readers that the article may be biased by a conflict of interest.",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "Type (section)",
			"description": "Something to replace the word \"article\", normally \"section\".",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"autovalue": "",
			"example": "section",
			"default": "article"
		},
		"date": {
			"label": "Month and year",
			"description": "Provides the month and year of the citation request; e.g., 'January 2018', but not 'jan18'",
			"type": "string",
			"required": false,
			"autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}",
			"suggested": true
		}
	},
	"format": "inline"
}
</templatedata>

===Redirects===
* {{Tl|Close connection}}

== See also ==
* {{Tl|Autobiography}}
* {{Tl|Uw-coi}} - user notice about COIs
* {{tl|Connected contributor}} - to mark an article's talk page if a user with a COI has edited the corresponding article
* {{tl|UserboxCOI}} - to make a standardized self-declaration of a conflict of interest on one's user page
* {{tl|Undisclosed paid}}

{{Cleanup template documentation see also section generic list}}

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