Project:Content policy

In accordance with the project's goal, the following policy lays out what types of content should be included and how content should be presented on the project.

Neutrality

All content must be written from a neutral point of view (NPOV), which means representing information included on the wiki fairly, proportionately, and, as far as possible, without editorial bias.

Achieving neutrality means carefully and critically analyzing relevant sources and then attempting to convey to the reader the information contained in them fairly, proportionately, and as far as possible without editorial bias. This project aims to describe disputes, but not engage in them. The aim is to inform, not influence. Editors, while naturally having their own points of view, should strive in good faith to provide complete information and not to promote one particular point of view over another. As such, the neutral point of view does not mean the exclusion of certain points of view. It means including all points of view. Observe the following principles to achieve the level of neutrality that is appropriate.

• Avoid stating opinions as facts. Usually, articles will contain information about the significant opinions that have been expressed about their subjects. However, these opinions should not be stated in this project's voice. Rather, they should be attributed in the text to particular sources, or where justified, described as widespread views, etc. For example, an article should not state that "genocide is an evil action" but may state that "genocide has been described by John So-and-so as the epitome of human evil."
• Avoid stating seriously contested assertions as facts. If different sources make conflicting assertions about a matter, treat these assertions as opinions rather than facts, and do not present them as direct statements.
• Avoid stating facts as opinions. Uncontested and uncontroversial factual assertions made by sources should normally be directly stated in the project's voice.
• Prefer nonjudgmental language. A neutral point of view neither sympathizes with nor disparages its subject (or what reliable sources say about the subject), although this must sometimes be balanced against clarity. Present opinions and conflicting findings in a disinterested tone. Do not editorialize. When editorial bias towards one particular point of view can be detected the article needs to be fixed. The only bias that should be evident is the bias attributed to the source.
• Indicate the relative prominence of opposing views. Ensure that the reporting of different views on a subject adequately reflects the relative levels of support for those views and that it does not give a false impression of parity, or give undue weight to a particular view. For example, to state that "According to Simon Wiesenthal, the Holocaust was a program of extermination of the Jewish people in Germany, but David Irving disputes this analysis" would be to give apparent parity between the supermajority view and a tiny minority view by assigning each to a single activist in the field.

Preserving community informational security

Access to information varies based on both the community's genre and on the position a person has in it. A competitive community make restrict access to tactics, future activities, or training to only those in the relevant teams. A community that hosts servers may restrict access to disciplinary documents because it has personally identifiable information, may make the community look bad when taken out of context, or is otherwise hidden to maintain trust in the community's discretion in handling sensitive matters.

It is plausible that individuals with access such as described above may partake in this project. Therefore, no information regarding a community may be added anywhere on this project that is not available to someone with general membership in the relevant community. If access to information requires appointment to a particular position or user group via any method the content is prohibited to be included, and administrators may perform revision deletion to hide it from page history.

Talking about people

As mentioned in the neutrality policy, the project aims to describe and not engage. This is doubly important when articles are describing people or documenting actions taken by people, as at best it may be over-the-top but otherwise harmless, and at worst it may constitute defamation. This, any claim made about the actions of a person which are negative - or that any reasonable person would perceive as negative - must be cited.