Template:Connected contributor

The following Wikipedia contributor may be personally or professionally connected to the subject of this page. Relevant policies and guidelines may include conflict of interest, autobiography, and neutral point of view.

[[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] · [[Special:Contribs/{{{1}}}|contribs]])

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This template is used on approximately 20,000 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.

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Usage

This template should be placed on article talk pages or draft talk pages.

Do not use this template solely to identify an article subject as a Wikipedian.

For paid editors, use {{Connected contributor (paid)}} instead.

If you are user Example, and you have just checked an article for COI by user John Smith who has declared his connection at the diff with revision ID 442212827, use this:

{{Connected contributor|checked={{subst:today}} by {{u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}|user=John Smith|declared=442212827}}

This produces the following:

The following Wikipedia contributor has declared a personal or professional connection to the subject of this page. Relevant policies and guidelines may include conflict of interest, autobiography, and neutral point of view.
Their edits to this page were last checked for neutrality on 20 September 2020 by Example.

John Smith (talk · contribs) This user has contributed to the page. This user has declared a connection.

For a complete overview of parameters, see below. For a real example, the Assurant talk page shows {{connected contributor}} and {{connected contributor (paid)}}.

Use this template when dealing with a general conflict of interest, including financial conflict of interest that does not involve being paid to edit Wikipedia. It can be used whether there is an actual (confirmed) or an apparent COI, but if the COI is unconfirmed do not add it without justifiably strong suspicion.

The template adds articles to Category:Articles with connected contributors.

Parameters

Horizontal list:

{{Connected contributor |checked=date by reporter-user |user=coi-user |alt1=coi-user-sock1 |declared=revision-id |editedhere=yes |otherlinks=... |banned=... |small=...}}

Details:

|checked=: Text parameter. Most recent date that a neutral editor checked the edits of all known connected contributors for neutrality as well as the name of that editor. For example: |checked=31 December 2016 by Example; You can use templates {{today}} (substituted) and {{u}} to insert this conveniently: |checked={{subst:today}} by {{User link|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}
|user=: Text parameter. User name of the COI editor. For example: |user=John Smith; Note that the user name is automatically linked complete with talk page and contributions (i.e. the {{user}} template is automatically applied for you)
|alt1= |alt2= |alt3= |alt4=: Text parameters. Alternative names for the COI editor. Useful in cases of Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry. Otherwise works like |user=.
|editedhere=: Yes/no parameter (optional). If the COI editor has edited the present article, enter "yes".
|declared=: Provide the revision id in which the COI editor has declared their connection/financial interest in Wikipedia. Can also be used as a yes/no parameter if there is no diff. Optional.
|otherlinks=: Text parameter (optional). Provide additional information about the declaration. Formerly commonly used to provide the diff link.
|banned=: Yes/no parameter (optional). If the COI editor user has been formally banned from editing the present article, enter "yes". This adds a note to that user name, informing readers that if they spot contributions of that user that weren't caught and reverted, they may do so. Please do not use this parameter if you are not sure about the COI editor's status.
|small=: Yes/no parameter (optional). If you need to make the box small and right floating, enter "yes".

Multi-listing

The above example was for listing a single COI editor.

This template is capable of listing up to 10 editors. Assign a number between 1 and 10 to each editor listed, and substitute that value for X in each of the parameters listed below. Parameters otherwise work as described for single-listing above.

UserX: the user name of the COI editor. Note there is no capacity to list alternative names (per the |alt1=...|alt4= parameters above) in a multi-listing.
UX-EH: Edited here: whether or not the COI editor has edited the present article
UX-declared: COI declared: whether the COI user has declared their connection; can take the diff if yes to create a link
UX-otherlinks: Other links: a link to the diff of the editor's COI declaration
UX-banned: Banned: whether the user has been formally banned from editing the present article

Example

{{Connected contributor
| checked = 31 December 2016 by {{User link|Example}}
| User1 = WikiWriter2458 | U1-EH = yes | U1-declared = 442212827 | U1-otherlinks = | U1-banned = no
| User2 = John Smith | U2-EH = no | U2-declared = no | U2-otherlinks = | U2-banned = no
| User3 = Janet Doe | U3-EH = yes | U3-declared = yes | U3-otherlinks = | U3-banned = yes
| User4 = xx | U4-EH = yes | U4-declared = no | U4-otherlinks = | U4-banned = no
}}

This code produces the following:

The following Wikipedia contributors may be personally or professionally connected to the subject of this page. Relevant policies and guidelines may include conflict of interest, autobiography, and neutral point of view.
Their edits to this page were last checked for neutrality on 31 December 2016 by Example.

WikiWriter2458 (talk · contribs) This user has contributed to the page. This user has declared a connection.
John Smith (talk · contribs) This user has not edited the page.
Janet Doe (talk · contribs) This user has contributed to the page. This user has declared a connection. This user has been banned and may therefore be reverted on sight.
xx (talk · contribs) This user has contributed to the page.

Template Data

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Connected contributor in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Connected contributor

Extended content

Use this template on an article's talk page to create a list of users known or suspected to be personally or professionally related to the subject of an article

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Make template small	`small`	Shrinks the box and makes it float to the right Default no Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
checked	`checked`	Most recent date that a neutral editor checked the edits of all known connected contributors for neutrality, as well as the name of that editor. Auto value `{{subst:today}} by {{User link\|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}`	Line	suggested
1st user	`User1` `user` `1`	The first user connected to the article subject Example John Doe	User	required
1st user edited here?	`U1-EH` `editedhere`	Whether or not the first user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	suggested
First editor banned?	`U1-banned` `banned`	Whether or not the first editor has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	suggested
1st alt account of first editor	`alt1`	An alternate account of the first editor, if they have one	User	optional
2nd alt account of first editor	`alt2`	An alternate account of the first editor, if they have one	User	optional
3rd alt account of first editor	`alt3`	An alternate account of the first editor, if they have one	User	optional
4th alt account of first editor	`alt4`	An alternate account of the first editor, if they have one	User	optional
U1-declared	`U1-declared` `declared`	Diff number in which the first editor declared their connection, or a boolean of whether or not the user declared their connection	String	suggested
U1-otherlinks	`U1-otherlinks` `otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
2nd user	`User2`	The second user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
2nd user edited here?	`U2-EH`	Whether or not the 2nd user has been banned from editing the article	Boolean	optional
U2-declared	`U2-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
2nd user banned?	`U2-banned`	Whether or not the 2nd user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U2-otherlinks	`U2-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
3rd user	`User3`	The third user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
3rd user edited here?	`U3-EH`	Whether or not the 3rd user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U3-declared	`U3-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
3rd user banned?	`U3-banned`	Whether or not the 3rd user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U3-otherlinks	`U3-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
4th user	`User4`	The fourth user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
4th user edited here?	`U4-EH`	Whether or not the 4rd user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U4-declared	`U4-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
4th user banned?	`U4-banned`	Whether or not the 4th user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U4-otherlinks	`U4-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
5th user	`User5`	The fifth user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
5th user edited here?	`U5-EH`	Whether or not the 5th user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U5-declared	`U5-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
5th user banned?	`U5-banned`	Whether or not the 5th user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U5-otherlinks	`U5-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
6th user	`User6`	The sixth user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
6th user edited here?	`U6-EH`	Whether or not the 6th user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U6-declared	`U6-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
6th user banned?	`U6-banned`	Whether or not the 6th user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U6-otherlinks	`U6-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
7th user	`User7`	The seventh user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
7th user edited here?	`U7-EH`	Whether or not the 7th user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U7-declared	`U7-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
7th user banned?	`U7-banned`	Whether or not the 7th user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U7-otherlinks	`U7-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
8th user	`User8`	The eighth user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
8th user edited here?	`U8-EH`	Whether or not the 8th user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U8-declared	`U8-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
8th user banned?	`U8-banned`	Whether or not the 8th user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U8-otherlinks	`U8-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
9th user	`User9`	The ninth user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
9th user edited here?	`U9-EH`	Whether or not the 9th user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U9-declared	`U9-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
9th user banned?	`U9-banned`	Whether or not the 9th user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U9-otherlinks	`U9-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional
10th user	`User10`	The tenth user connected to the article subject, if there is one	User	optional
10th user edited here?	`U10-EH`	Whether or not the 10th user has edited this article	Boolean	optional
U10-declared	`U10-declared`	no description	Unknown	optional
10th user banned?	`U10-banned`	Whether or not the 10th user has been banned from editing the article Default No Auto value `0`	Boolean	optional
U10-otherlinks	`U10-otherlinks`	no description	Unknown	optional