Wikipedia collogue:Conflict o interest

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Conflict o interest (COI) editin involves contreibuting tae Wikipedia anent yersel, faimily, friends, clients, employers, or yer financial an ither relationships. Ony external relationship can trigger a conflict of interest. That someone haes a conflict o interest is a descrievin o a situation, nae a judgement anent that body's opinions, integrity, ability, or guid feth.

COI editing is heichly discouraged on Wikipaedia. It dings doon public confidence an risks causin public embarrassment tae the individuals an companies bein heezed up. Editors wi a COI ar sometimes nae awaur o it or the extent tae whit it haes influenced their editing. Gin COI editin is a soorce o disruption, an administrator micht opt tae pit blocks on the involved accoonts.

Whiles editin Wikipaedia, an editor's primar role is tae pit forder the interests of the encyclopaedia. Whan an external role or relationship cud wi guid raison be thocht tae be unnerminin that primary role, the editor haes a conflict o interest (seemlar tae hou a judge's primar role as an impartial adjudicator is unnermined gin they ar mairit toae the defendant.)

Ony external relationship—personal, religious, political, academic, legal, or financial (includin haudin a cryptocurrency)—can trigger a COI. Hou close the relationship needs tae be afore it becomes a concern on Wikipedia is governed bi common sense. For ensaumple, an article anent a baund sudnae be scrieved bi the baund's manager, an a biography sudnae be an autobiography or written bi the subjeck's spouse. There can be a COI whan writing on behauf o a competitor or opponent o the page subjeck, juist as there is whan writin on behauf o the page subjeck.

Subjeck-maitter experts (SMEs) ar welcome on Wikipedia athin their areas o expertise, subjeck tae the guidance ablo on financial conflict o interest an on citin yer ain wirk. SMEs ar expectit tae mak shuir that their external roles an relationships in their field o expertise dinnae interfere wi their primar role on Wikipaedia.