Help:Neutral point of view

An encyclopedia article should summarize what reliable published sources establish. It should not function as advertising, personal advocacy or an account of an editor's unpublished conclusions.

Practical rules

Attribute assessments: If a source calls a product influential or a method promising, identify the source and explain the factual basis rather than adopting the judgment as the encyclopedia's voice.
Describe disagreement accurately: If qualified sources disagree, explain the competing findings and their context, without assuming all viewpoints have equal evidential support.
Avoid promotional adjectives: Words such as revolutionary, unmatched and the best require more than manufacturer advertising.
State scope and limitations: A robot tested in a laboratory is not thereby proven safe in all real-world environments.
Separate categories: Robotics, AI, automation, autonomy, digital identity and cybersecurity overlap but are not interchangeable.
Avoid original research: Do not infer a new industry ranking, scientific conclusion or technical capability by combining unrelated facts yourself.

Sample edit

Promotional: “The world's most advanced robot will transform every industry.”

Neutral: “The manufacturer introduced the robot in [year] and described [specified capability]. Independent evaluations reported [measured result] under [stated conditions].” Both statements must be replaced with facts and citations from actual publications before use in an article.

When describing AI systems

Specify what the source demonstrates: a benchmark result, a field test, a simulation result, a stated product capability or a research proposal. Do not equate a generated plan with a verified physical action. Separate safety analysis, authentication and software integrity from marketing descriptions of an autonomous system.

Practical rules

Sample edit

When describing AI systems

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