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'''WikiProject Restoration''' aims to help Wikipedia to recover the original principles of fair decision-making, genuine neutrality, transparent governance, and responsiveness to the public. More fully, we seek to help Wikipedia to:
'''WikiProject Restoration''' aims to help Wikipedia to recover the original principles of fair decision-making, genuine neutrality, transparent governance, and responsiveness to the public.
 
=== Mission ===
More fully, we seek to help Wikipedia to:


* Adopt fairer methods of reaching decisions on editorial and personnel questions.
* Adopt fairer methods of reaching decisions on editorial and personnel questions.
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* Encourage the adoption of tools whereby the public, both for its own sake and editors’, can evaluate and respond to articles.
* Encourage the adoption of tools whereby the public, both for its own sake and editors’, can evaluate and respond to articles.


We will establish goals of
We will work to advance these principles iteratively, not all at once—dramatic change not being how Wikipedia works—but in concrete, achievable, incremental ways.


Our '''scope,''' or pages on which project focuses, extends to [[Wikipedia:Policy and Guidelines|policy pages]], [[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|guidelines]], and [[Wikipedia:Essays|essays]] relevant to these categories of reforms. We will also be interested in various relevant article talk pages, where issues are being discussed and principles applied, as well as talk pages of major policies and guidelines (e.g., [[Talk:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view]], [[Talk:Wikipedia:Reliable sources]], [[Talk:Wikipedia:Verifiability]]).
=== Scope ===
Our '''scope''' extends to [[Wikipedia:Policy and Guidelines|policy pages]], [[Wikipedia:List of guidelines|guidelines]], and [[Wikipedia:Essays|essays]] relevant to these categories of reforms. We do not assert any authority over such pages. Rather, we will be reviewing and proposing changes to them. We will do so in various appropriate venues, including various relevant article talk pages, where issues are being discussed and principles applied, as well as talk pages of major policies and guidelines (e.g., [[Talk:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Wikipedia talk:Neutral point of view]], [[wikipedia:Wikipedia_talk:Reliable_sources|Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources]], and [[wikipedia:Wikipedia_Talk:Verifiability|Wikipedia talk:Verifiability]]).


We will pay close attention to [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment|RfCs]], the [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village Pump]], [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]], and occasionally [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|ArbCom]]. We will also track relevant noticeboards where policy interpretation and enforcement questions are frequently addressed, including [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]], [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents|ANI]], [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard|Reliable sources noticeboard]], [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard|NPOV noticeboard]], [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard|Conflict of interest noticeboard]], and [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard|BLP noticeboard]].
We will pay close attention to [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment|RfCs]], the [[Wikipedia:Village pump|Village Pump]], [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|Dispute resolution]], and occasionally [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|ArbCom]]. We will also track relevant noticeboards where policy interpretation and enforcement questions are frequently addressed, including [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]], [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents|ANI]], [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard|Reliable sources noticeboard]], [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard|NPOV noticeboard]], [[Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard|Conflict of interest noticeboard]], and [[Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard|BLP noticeboard]].
We '''do not''' assert any sort of authority over the pages that are within this project's scope.

Revision as of 16:36, 16 February 2026

WikiProject Restoration aims to help Wikipedia to recover the original principles of fair decision-making, genuine neutrality, transparent governance, and responsiveness to the public.

Mission

More fully, we seek to help Wikipedia to:

  • Adopt fairer methods of reaching decisions on editorial and personnel questions.
  • Return to the original neutrality policy, explicitly tolerating multiple points of view and acknowledging legitimate differences in judgment about source reliability.
  • Ensure Wikipedia's editorial governance is fully transparent and accountable.
  • Encourage the adoption of tools whereby the public, both for its own sake and editors’, can evaluate and respond to articles.

We will work to advance these principles iteratively, not all at once—dramatic change not being how Wikipedia works—but in concrete, achievable, incremental ways.

Scope

Our scope extends to policy pages, guidelines, and essays relevant to these categories of reforms. We do not assert any authority over such pages. Rather, we will be reviewing and proposing changes to them. We will do so in various appropriate venues, including various relevant article talk pages, where issues are being discussed and principles applied, as well as talk pages of major policies and guidelines (e.g., [[Talk:Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|Wikipedia talk:Neutral point of view]], Wikipedia talk:Reliable sources, and Wikipedia talk:Verifiability).

We will pay close attention to RfCs, the Village Pump, Dispute resolution, and occasionally ArbCom. We will also track relevant noticeboards where policy interpretation and enforcement questions are frequently addressed, including Administrators' noticeboard, ANI, Reliable sources noticeboard, NPOV noticeboard, Conflict of interest noticeboard, and BLP noticeboard.