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-Conflict of interest (COI) editing involves contributing to Bharatpedia about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. Any external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. That someone has a conflict of interest is a description of a situation, not a judgement about that person's opinions, integrity, or good faith.
+<noinclude>{{short description|Bharatmedia project behavioral guidelines regarding conflicts of interest}}
+{{hatnote|If you want to report a problematic conflict of interest editor, see [[Bharatpedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard]].}}
+{{hatnote|For practical advice for editors who might have a conflict of interest, see [[Bharatpedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide]]}}
+{{redirect|Bharatpedia:Conflict}}
+{{pp-move-indef}}
+{{subcat guideline|behavioral guideline|Conflict of interest|BP:COI|BP:CONFLICT}}
+{{nutshell|Do not edit Bharatpedia in your own interests, nor in the interests of your external relationships.}}</noinclude>
+{{guideline list}}
-COI editing is strongly discouraged on Bharatpedia. It undermines public confidence and risks causing public embarrassment to the individuals and companies being promoted. Editors with a COI are sometimes unaware of whether or how much it has influenced their editing. If COI editing causes disruption, an administrator may opt to place blocks on the involved accounts.
+'''Conflict of interest''' ('''COI''') '''editing''' involves contributing to [[Bharatpedia]] about yourself, family, friends, clients, employers, or your financial and other relationships. Any [[#What is conflict of interest?|external relationship]] can trigger a [[conflict of interest]]. Someone having a conflict of interest is a description of a ''situation'', not a judgment about that person's opinions, integrity, or [[Bharatpedia:Assume good faith|good faith]].
-Editors with a COI, including paid editors, are expected to disclose it whenever they seek to change an affected article's content. Anyone editing for pay must disclose who is paying them, who the client is, and any other relevant affiliation. COI editors should not edit affected articles directly but should propose changes on article talk pages instead.
+COI editing is strongly discouraged on Bharatpedia. It undermines public confidence and risks causing [[Bharatpedia:Bharatpedia is in the real world|public embarrassment]] to the individuals and companies being promoted. Editors with a COI are sometimes [[#Why is conflict of interest a problem?|unaware of whether or how much]] it has influenced their editing. If COI editing causes disruption, an administrator may opt to place blocks on the involved accounts.
-When investigating COI editing, do not reveal the identity of editors against their wishes. Our policy against harassment, and in particular the prohibition against disclosing personal information, takes precedence over this guideline. To report COI editing, follow the advice at How to handle conflicts of interest, below. Editors discussing changes to this guideline should disclose whether they have been paid to edit Bharatpedia.
+Editors with a COI, including [[BP:PAY|paid editors]], are expected to [[#howtodisclose|disclose it]] whenever they seek to change an affected article's content. Anyone editing for pay [[#COIPAYDISCLOSE|must disclose who is paying them]], who the client is, and any other relevant affiliation; this is a requirement of the [[Bharatmedia Foundation]]. COI editors are strongly discouraged from editing affected articles directly, and can propose changes on article talk pages instead. However, our [[BP:BLP|policy on matters relating to living people]] allows very obvious errors to be fixed quickly, [[BP:BLPSELF|including by the subject]].
-== Our position ==
+When investigating COI editing, ''do not'' [[BP:OUTING|reveal the identity]] of editors against their wishes. Bharatpedia's [[BP:HARASS|policy against harassment]], and in particular the prohibition against disclosing personal information, '''takes precedence''' over this guideline. To report COI editing, follow the advice at [[#How to handle conflicts of interest|How to handle conflicts of interest]], below. Editors making or discussing changes to this guideline or related guidance shall disclose whether they have been paid to edit Bharatpedia.
-=== Purpose of Bharatpedia===
-As an encyclopedia, our mission is to provide the public with articles that summarize accepted knowledge, written neutrally and sourced reliably. Readers expect to find neutral articles written independently of their subject, not corporate or personal webpages, or platforms for advertising and self-promotion. Articles should contain only material that complies with our content policies and best practices, and Bharatpedians must place the interests of the encyclopedia and its readers above personal concerns.
+== Bharatpedia's position ==
+=== Purpose of Bharatpedia ===
+{{further|Bharatpedia:What Bharatpedia is not}}
+As an encyclopedia, [[Bharatpedia:Five pillars|Bharatpedia's mission]] is to provide the public with articles that summarize accepted knowledge, written neutrally and sourced reliably. Readers expect to find neutral articles written independently of their subject, not corporate or personal webpages, or platforms for advertising and self-promotion. Articles should contain only material that complies with Bharatpedia's content policies and best practices, and Bharatpedians must place the interests of the encyclopedia and its readers above personal concerns.
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 If you propose changes to an affected article, you can use the {{tlx|request edit}} template. Post it on the talk page and make your suggestion underneath it.
+=== Templates ===
+Relevant article talk pages may be tagged with {{tlx|connected contributor}} or {{tlx|connected contributor (paid)}}. The article itself may be tagged with {{tlx|COI}}. A section of an article can be tagged with {{tlx|COI|section}}
+Other templates include:
+* {{tlx|uw-coi}} (to be placed on user Talk pages to warn editors that they may have a conflict of interest)
+* {{tlx|uw-coi-username}} (another Talk page warning, this one for editors whose username appears to violate the [[WP:Usernames]] policy)
+* {{tlx|COI editnotice}} (this template goes on article talk pages and gives instructions to COI editors on how to submit edit requests to the article)
+* {{tlx|User COI}} (userbox for users to self-declare on their own Userpages those articles with which they have a conflict of interest; userbox can list up to nine articles)
+=== Avoid outing ===
+{{shortcut|BP:AVOIDOUTING}}
+{{further|Bharatpedia:Harassment#Posting of personal information|Bharatpedia:Bharatmedia Foundation statement on paid editing and outing}}
+When investigating COI editing, the [[BP:HARASS|policy against harassment]] takes precedence. It requires that Bharatpedians [[BP:OUTING|not reveal the identity of editors]] against their wishes. Examine editors' behavior instead and seek advice by email if necessary. Do not ask a user if they ''are'' somebody; instead one can ask if they have an undisclosed connection to that person. If revealing private information is needed to resolve COI editing, and if the issue is serious enough to warrant it, editors can '''email''' ''{{No spam|paid-en-bp|bharatpedia.org}}''. Also see the section [[#Reporting to the conflict of interest noticeboard|"Reporting to the conflict of interest noticeboard"]] above.
+=== Dealing with single-purpose accounts ===
+{{further|Bharatpedia:Blocking policy#Disruption-only|Bharatpedia:Single-purpose account}}
+Accounts that appear to be [[BP:SPA|single-purpose]], existing for the sole or primary purpose of promotion or denigration of a person, company, product, service, website, organization, etc., and whose postings are in apparent violation of this guideline, should be made aware of this guideline and warned not to continue their problematic editing. If the same pattern of editing continues after the warning, the account may be blocked.
+== See also ==
+{{div col|colwidth=26em}}
+'''Bharatmedia Foundation'''
+* [[wmf:Terms of Use#4. Refraining from Certain Activities|Terms of Use#4. Refraining from Certain Activities]]
+* [[Sue Gardner]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20180528004832/https://bharatmediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Sue_Gardner_statement_paid_advocacy_editing "Press releases/Sue Gardner statement paid advocacy editing"], Bharatmedia Foundation, 31 October 2024.
+'''Contact us'''
+* [[Bharatpedia:Contact us/Article subjects]]
+'''Article'''
+* [[Conflict of interest editing on Wikipedia]]
+'''Policies'''
+* [[Bharatpedia:Paid-contribution disclosure]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Username policy]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:What Wikipedia is not]]
+'''Wikiprojects'''
+* [[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Integrity]]
+'''Miscellaneous'''
+* [[Bharatpedia:About you]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:The Bharatpedia Library/Cultural Professionals]]
+* [[:Category:Bharatpedia conflict of interest edit requests]] (lists edits for review where proposer has a conflict of interest)
+* [[:Category:Bharatpedia articles with possible conflicts of interest]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Reward board]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:FAQ/Article subjects]]
+* [[User:MuskitBot]]
+* [//en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:AbuseLog&wpSearchFilter=148 Users creating autobiographies] (an edit filter)
+* [[Bharatpedia:Statement on Bharatpedia from participating communications firms|Statement on Bharatpedia from participating communications firms]], June 2014
+'''Essays'''
+* [[Bharatpedia:Best practices for editors with close associations]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Conflicts of interest (medicine)]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Deceptive advertising]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Don't cry COI]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:For publicists publicizing a client's work]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Ghostwriting]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Help available for editors with conflicts of interest]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Independent sources]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Paid editing (essay)]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Plain and simple conflict of interest guide]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Public relations (essay)]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Search engine optimization]]
+* [[Bharatpedia:Bharatpedia is in the real world]]
+'''Historical'''
+* [[Bharatpedia:WikiProject Cooperation]] (defunct)
+* [[Bharatpedia:Requests for comment/Paid editing|Bharatpedia community discussion on paid editing]], 2009, sparked by discovery that admin/crat/OTRS editor was editing for pay
+* [[Bharatpedia:Requests for comment/COI|Bharatpedia community discussion on conflict of interest]], 2012.
+* [[Bharatpedia:COI+]]<small> (failed proposal, 21 February 2013)</small>
+* [[Bharatpedia:Commercial editing|Commercial editing]] <small>(failed policy proposal turned into an essay, November 2013)</small>
+* [[Bharatpedia:No paid advocacy|No paid advocacy]] <small>(failed policy proposal, November 2013)</small>
+* [[Bharatpedia:Paid editing policy proposal|Paid editing policy proposal]] <small>(failed policy proposal, November 2013)</small>
+* [[Bharatpedia:Conflict of interest limit|Conflict of interest limit]] <small>(failed policy proposal, December 2013)</small>
+{{div col end}}
+== Further reading ==
+{{Commons category|Conflict-of-interest editing on Wikipedia}}
+:''(chronological)''
+{{refbegin}}
+* [[Michael Davis (philosopher)|Davis, Michael]] (1982). [https://www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf/purchase?openform&fp=bpej&id=bpej_1982_0001_0004_0017_0027 "Conflict of Interest"], ''Business and Professional Ethics Journal'', 1(4), pp. 17–27 (influential). {{doi|10.5840/bpej1982149}}
+* Luebke, Neil R. (1987). "Conflict of Interest as a Moral Category," ''Business & Professional Ethics Journal'', 6, pp. 66–81. {{jstor|27799930}} (influential)
+* Davis, Michael (Winter 1993). "Conflict of Interest Revisited," ''Business & Professional Ethics Journal'', 12(4), pp. 21–41. {{jstor|27800924}}
+* Stark, Andrew (2003). [http://books.google.com/books?id=CxjXZkCRAMoC&printsec=frontcover ''Conflict of Interest in American Public Life''], Harvard University Press.
+* Carson, Thomas L. (January 2004). "Conflicts of Interest and Self-Dealing in the Professions: A Review Essay," ''Business Ethics Quarterly'', 14(1), pp. 161–182. {{jstor|3857777}}
+* [[Sheldon Krimsky|Krimsky, Sheldon]] (2006). [http://books.google.com/books?id=uhMH3mis9UAC&pg=PA63 "The Ethical and Legal Foundations of Scientific 'Conflict of Interest'"], in Trudo Lemmings and Duff R. Waring (eds.), ''Law and Ethics in Biomedical Research: Regulation, Conflict of Interest, and Liability'', University of Toronto Press.
+* McDonald, Michael (23 April 2006). [http://web.archive.org/web/20070208042741/http://www.ethics.ubc.ca/people/mcdonald/conflict.htm "Ethics and Conflict of Interest"], The W. Maurice Young Center for Applied Ethics, University of British Columbia.
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