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English Wikipedia — Writing articles with large language models (content guideline)

Name: Calibrated Authority rating — English Wikipedia — Writing articles with large language models (content guideline)
Item: English Wikipedia — Writing articles with large language models (content guideline) — public generative-AI policy
Rating: 7
Author: Chris Huber Reitz

7/12Calibrated Authority

“The use of large language models (LLMs) to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited except for the uses as outlined below.”— Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models (content guideline; RfC March 2026) · source ↗

Traceability & inspectability

Human authorship & accountability

Disclosure & labeling

Synthetic-identity / fabrication prohibition

Human validation in loop

Evidential-trust emphasis

Posture Prohibitive Boundary fit · partially Trust-logic Evidential

Source policy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models

Machine record: /institutions/english-wikipedia-—-writing-ar.json

Cite this

Reitz, C.H. (2026). The Calibrated Authority Index — English Wikipedia — Writing articles with large language models (content guideline). https://calibrated-authority.chrishuberreitz.com/institutions/english-wikipedia-—-writing-ar Quote: “The use of large language models (LLMs) to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited except for the uses as outlined below.” Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models

Index Methodology Manifest JSON atom CC-BY-4.0 · v2026-09-15 · Chris Huber Reitz