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Just for future reference, a conflict of interest doesn't mean you're completely barred from touching the article at all. You'd have to refrain from really major edits, like rewriting the entire article in a fundamentally advertorial tone or adding unsourced "insider baseball" content, but the rule isn't so strict that you wouldn't even be allowed to fix a simple typo or error — if you happen to be the first person to notice that somebody typoed service as servie, or that some random vandal changed Brad Danks' surname to Dankweed, then you are allowed to fix straightforward errors like that yourself. COI is just about highly subjective edits that could be questioned for writing tone or relevance, and you are still allowed to make strictly factual edits or corrections that aren't matters of opinion. So the stuff you've been posting as edit requests to the talk page is fine to do that way, but you don't necessarily need to refrain from correcting a simple typo in other people's edits yourself. Bearcat (talk) 15:20, 11 April 2024 (UTC)
- Thank you Bearcat. This is one area I clearly struggle with. Is there a proper way to note my coi in the edit summary? I read it's good to do so for minor edits like grammar or typo fixes to coi articles, but it didn't describe correct syntax. Once again, I really appreciate your posting this information. When in doubt I will refer back to your words here. Oshentree (talk) 17:15, 11 April 2024 (UTC)