Neutral Point of View

Neutral point of view (NPOV) means representing a subject fairly, proportionately, and without editorial bias.^[1] Facts are stated as facts; opinions are attributed to whoever holds them.

Ecosystem and project pages

NPOV matters most where a page describes a project whose own team may be editing it – a structural conflict of interest, covered in full by conflict of interest. Such pages must avoid promotional language ("revolutionary", "the best"), attribute claims about traction or performance to sources, and carry a Written like an advertisement notice banner when they drift into marketing.

Neutrality also applies to what a page leaves out. A project page that records only launches and grants, and never a dormant product or a closed one, is not neutral – the status field and the prose should agree, and both should follow the evidence.

See also

• Verifiability
• Neutral point of view
• No original research
• Notability
• Freshness
• Conflict of interest