Template:Connected contributor (paid)/doc

Usage: paid editors

Further information: WP:DISCLOSEPAY

• Use this template when dealing with users who are being paid to contribute to Wikipedia.
• This template should be placed on the talk pages of articles and drafts.
• The template adds pages to Category:Talk pages of subject pages with paid contributions and to Category:Misplaced transclusions of Template:Connected contributor (paid).
• Paid editors are required by the Wikimedia Foundation Terms of Use to disclose their employer, client and affiliation with respect to edits for which they are compensated. The employer is the person or organization paying for the edits, such as a PR company. The client is on whose behalf the edits are made; this is often the subject of the article. When employer and client are identical, simply supply the employer.
• You should post the disclosure at the top of article talk pages as follows:

• {{Connected contributor (paid)|User1=InsertName|U1-employer=InsertName|U1-client=InsertName|U1-otherlinks=Insert relevant links, such as relevant affiliations, disclosures, article drafts written by paid editors, or diffs showing paid contributions being added to articles.}}.

General conflicts of interest

• When dealing with a general conflict of interest, or a financial conflict of interest that does not involve being paid to edit Wikipedia, use {{Connected contributor}}.

Talk page usage example

• Talk:Assurant shows {{connected contributor}} and {{connected contributor (paid)}}.

Parameters

Userx

The editor's username is required. This template is designed to handle up to 10 users by using the "Userx" parameters, where x is between 1 and 10.

Ux-employer

The employer field is required. The employer is the person or organization that is paying for the contributions. For example, Smith Public Relations Ltd ("the employer") might pay a user to work on issues of interest to Acme Pharmaceuticals ("the client"). If no employer is given, the page will be added to Category:Paid contributions with no listed employer.

Ux-client

The client field is required. The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity. That is, a user might be paid directly by Acme Pharmaceuticals to work on issues of interest to Acme Pharmaceuticals.

Ux-EH

Set to "yes" if the user has edited the article; "EH" stands for "edited here".

Ux-banned and Ux-otherlinks

This template does support automatically marking users as banned ("UX-banned"). You also can leave a note in Ux-otherlinks to note this or include a diff of the declaration.

Example

{{Connected contributor (paid)
| checked = 31-12-2016 by {{u|Example}}
| User1  = WikiWriter2458 | U1-employer  = ACME    | U1-client  =      | U1-EH  = yes | U1-banned  =     | U1-otherlinks  = 
| User2  = John Smith     | U2-employer  = PR Firm | U2-client  = ACME | U2-EH  = no  | U2-banned  =     | U2-otherlinks  = [[Special:Diff/3949534|Declaration]]
| User3  = Jane Doe       | U3-employer  =         | U3-client  = ACME | U3-EH  = yes | U3-banned  =     | U3-otherlinks  = 
| User4  = xx             | U4-employer  = ACME    | U4-client  = ACME | U4-EH  = yes | U4-banned  =     | U4-otherlinks  = 
| User5  = yy             | U5-employer  =         | U5-client  =      | U5-EH  = yes | U5-banned  =     | U5-otherlinks  = 
| User6  = zz             | U6-employer  =         | U6-client  =      | U6-EH  = yes | U6-banned  =     | U6-otherlinks  = 
| User7  = aa             | U7-employer  =         | U7-client  =      | U7-EH  = yes | U7-banned  =     | U7-otherlinks  = 
| User8  = bb             | U8-employer  =         | U8-client  =      | U8-EH  = yes | U8-banned  =     | U8-otherlinks  = 
| User9  = cc             | U9-employer  =         | U9-client  =      | U9-EH  = yes | U9-banned  =     | U9-otherlinks  = 
| User10 = Orangemoody    | U10-employer = ACME    | U10-client =      | U10-EH = no  | U10-banned = yes | U10-otherlinks = 
}}

See also

• {{Connected contributor}}
• {{Paid}}
• {{COI edit notice}}

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Connected contributor (paid)

This template allows editors to declare that they are being paid for making some edits in line with the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use. It should be placed on the talk page of all articles affected by paid editing.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
checked	checked	The last time the article was checked and by whom Example YYYY-MM-DD by [[User:Examples|Example]] Auto value {{subst:today}} by {{User link|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}	Line	suggested
1st user	User1 User 1	First connected contributor's username (without markup) Example Example	User	required
1st user employer	U1-employer	The employer of the first user Default ''unknown'' Example ACME	String	suggested
1st user client	U1-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	required
1st user edited here?	U1-EH editedhere	Whether or not the first user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	suggested
1st user banned?	U1-banned banned	Whether or not the first user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	suggested
U1-otherlinks	U1-otherlinks otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	suggested
1st alternate account of first user	alt1	An alternate account of the first paid editor, if one exists Example Jane Doe	User	optional
2nd alternate account of first user	alt2	An alternate account of the first paid editor, if one exists Example John Smith	User	optional
3rd alternate account of first user	alt3	An alternate account of the first paid editor, if one exists Example Jane Doe	User	optional
4th alternate account of first user	alt4	An alternate account of the first paid editor, if one exists Example Jane Doe	User	optional
2nd user	User2	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
2nd user employer	U2-employer	The employer of the second user Example ACME	String	optional
2nd user client	U2-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
2nd user edited here?	U2-EH	Whether or not the second user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
2nd user banned?	U2-banned	Whether or not the second user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U2-otherlinks	U2-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
3rd user	User3	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
3rd user employer	U3-employer	The employer of the third user Example ACME	String	optional
3rd user client	U3-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
3rd user edited here?	U3-EH	Whether or not the third user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
3rd user banned?	U3-banned	Whether or not the third user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U3-otherlinks	U3-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
4th user	User4	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
4th user employer	U4-employer	The employer of the fourth user Example ACME	String	optional
4th user client	U4-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
4th user edited here?	U4-EH	Whether or not the fourth user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
4th user banned?	U4-banned	Whether or not the fourth user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U4-otherlinks	U4-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
5th user	User5	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
5th user employer	U5-employer	The employer of the fifth user Example ACME	String	optional
5th user client	U5-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
5th user edited here?	U5-EH	Whether or not the fifth user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
5th user banned?	U5-banned	Whether or not the fifth user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U5-otherlinks	U5-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
6th user	User6	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
6th user employer	U6-employer	The employer of the sixth user Example ACME	String	optional
6th user client	U6-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
6th user edited here?	U6-EH	Whether or not the sixth user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
6th user banned?	U6-banned	Whether or not the sixth user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U6-otherlinks	U6-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
7th user	User7	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
7th user employer	U7-employer	The employer of the seventh user Example ACME	String	optional
7th user client	U7-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
7th user edited here?	U7-EH	Whether or not the seventh user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
7th user banned?	U7-banned	Whether or not the seventh user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U7-otherlinks	U7-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
8th user	User8	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
8th user employer	U8-employer	The employer of the eighth user Example ACME	String	optional
8th user client	U8-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
8th user edited here?	U8-EH	Whether or not the eight user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
8th user banned?	U8-banned	Whether or not the eighth user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U8-otherlinks	U8-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
9th user	User9	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
9th user employer	U9-employer	The employer of the ninth user Example ACME	String	optional
9th user client	U9-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
9th user edited here?	U9-EH	Whether or not the ninth user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
9th user banned?	U9-banned	Whether or not the ninth user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U9-otherlinks	U9-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional
10th user	User10	Second connected contributor's username Example Example	User	optional
10th user employer	U10-employer	The employer of the tenth user Example ACME	String	optional
9th user client	U10-client	The client is the person or organization on whose behalf the contributions are made. The employer and client might be the same entity.	String	optional
10th user edited here?	U10-EH	Whether or not the tenth user has edited the article Example yes	Boolean	optional
10th user banned?	U10-banned	Whether or not the tenth user has been banned from editing the article Default No Example yes	Boolean	optional
U10-otherlinks	U10-otherlinks	Fill in this field for further information, such as a diff of the declaration or the ban.	String	optional