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vs. no, we could also diffuse by whether the edits have been checked or not. However, it gets complicated fast because of the possibility of multiple connected contributors. (Also, there's the possibility that the connected contributor has edited more recently than the check, but that gets to a flaw
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Someone else'll have to take the idea and run with it. From a technical perspective, I don't really know what I'm proposing. I just think there's a big difference between a connected contributor who has worked on the article vs. one who has not, and right now they are all being lumped into a single
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The ideal coding would allow indefinitely many connected contributors to be declared without repeating the code internally. I'd support a switch to that, but I'd oppose increasing the number by copy-pasting further, as more than 10 is very rare, and there is an associated maintenance burden with
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should always be used if the user has edited, never assumed — we could just as easily assume that omitting it means the user has not edited, which creates ambiguity. The banner language and category also will not be changed unless the parameter is used.
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parameter can be added to place the diff # (i.e., "oldid" number) of a specific edit that adds/changes a COI declaration, but if you change the COI declaratation subsequently, you'd need to update the diff # wherever you specified it.  —
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They have simply omitted the parameter, not used it to lie. I think you should assume that unless they explicitly declare that they have not edited the article, that they indeed have edited the article. –
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that user1 through user10 have all been claimed, so a second duplicate template has been added to hold the overflow. Would it be practical to expand the template to allow for more users?
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for the same user indicate an error, as if the user has not contributed to the article, there is nothing to check. Could we create a check and maintenance category for this issue?
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Hi, based on community feedback, I am adding this template to the talk pages of pages that I've edited. Is there a way to link to my userpage for the COI declaration?
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I understand optional to mean that the parameter is not required in all uses of the template, but it should still always be used where it applies.
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is an error in itself; i.e. the category should be kept clear at all times. Are you working on clearing it? There are over 250 members – and thus
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Any further discussion on that should take place in another thread, though, since it's rather separate from the error check I am requesting here.
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This was probably assumed in the original request and so maybe I am stating the obvious, but this would need to be applied to
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has 17K+ entries and wonder if having subcategories to separate direct vs. indirect editing would be helpful. ---
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That's a massive 17,000-article category, so yes, I'd say it'd definitely be helpful to diffuse. In addition to
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demanding top-priority attention. Just populating the category, with a warning message, should be sufficient.–
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Users who have been paid to edit Knowledge (XXG) must disclose this fact when discussing proposed changes to
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that are left undefined don't get assumed to be no. But if that's handled, then switching to
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Yes/no parameter (optional). If the COI editor has edited the present article, enter "yes".
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To discuss conflict of interest problems with specific editors and articles, please go to
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Deactivating edit request as the code here does not appear to be ready to go live.
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should be handled first. I'm not performing the edit for the time being.
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Wouldn't "blocked" be more common? Today there's also partial blocks.
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to make this template a little more flexible sounds fine to me.
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Your assertion that this use of the template that has
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