User:Yunshui/Message for COI users

If you are planning to write about yourself, your organisation, your company or your clients on Wikipedia, there are a few things you should be aware of before you begin.

Conflict of interest
When you edit Wikipedia about a subject with which you have a personal involvement, you have a conflict of interest with Wikipedia. Generally speaking, Wikipedia discourages users from writing about topics with which they have a conflict of interest, because of the difficulty in remaining neutral on such subjects. If you think this applies to you, please read the Conflict of interest guidelines and the Best practice guidelines for editors with a conflict of interest before you start editing.

Autobiographies
It is generally a bad idea to write about yourself on Wikipedia. Whilst you are welcome to correct obvious errors or vandalism on a pre-existing article about you, please don't try and create one from scratch. If you meet Wikipedia's inclusion requirements, someone will probably write an article about you sooner or later.

Paid editing
Under the Wikimedia Foundation's Terms of Use, you must disclose your financial interest for any edits which you are being paid to make. This applies whether you are working as a freelance paid editor or editing as part of your job. The easist way to make such a disclosure is to post a notice to your personal user page.

Usernames
Wikipedia's username policy prohibits usernames which appear to represent a group or organisation, or which are deemed promotional. Usernames which denote a specific role within an organisation are also unsuitable, although a username which represents an individual within a company is allowed. (For example, User:InternAtACME or User:ACMEMarketingManager would not be permitted, but User:TerryAtACME would.) Please see the username guidelines before choosing your username.