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<<#REDIRECT [[ElectowikiProject:Policy]]
Electowiki has a policy somewhat similar to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view Wikipedia's NPOV policy]. However, due to the subjective nature of the topics at hand, it's hard to have a strict NPOV policy without becoming a clone of Wikipedia. Thus, the policy regarding point-of-view is one of "EPOV".
"EPOV" is "Electowiki Point-of-View" policy. Basically, the [[#Editorial board|editorial board]] serves as the arbiter for what belongs and what doesn't. Over time, we'll try to evolve more formal guidelines, but for now, here's some general guidelines we plan to use:
* '''We have a point of view'''. Electowiki tries to be a general resource for experts to get complete information, but makes no promises about neutrality. Other sources, such as Wikipedia, should be used to obtain neutral information.
* '''Err on the side of neutrality''' - while the EPOV will come out from time-to-time, it should be hard to distinguish it from Wikipedia-style NPOV in the vast majority of cases.
* '''Fairness to other points of view''' - we acknowledge other points of view, however far out we may think they are. We strive not to rewrite history, or misrepresent the support or lack thereof for particular positions.
* '''Latitude to editorialize on other positions''' - while acknowledging opposing points of view exist, we also reserve the right to comment on those positions in ways which may not be so flattering
* '''Controversial points of view should be vetted on election-methods list''' - if there's a dispute over editorial policy, take it up on the [[election-methods mailing list]].
* '''Most jurisdictions need much better election systems ''' - A common view, largely shared in the Electowiki community, is that the currently practiced electoral systems in many countries are woefully inadequate expressions of democracy.
* '''Privately-discussed ideas should be ''publicly'' well vetted''' - if you have a great idea for a new voting method, please don't immediately create a new Electowiki page in the main namespace describing the method as if it's an accepted fact. Instead, please vet the issue on the one of the [[:Category:Forum|well-known forums among election method activists]], or restrict your publishing of the idea to your userspace on Electowiki.
Real-world voting reform advocacy and organizational work are also welcome, though we [[Electowiki:The_caucus#Advocacy.2FPropaganda_development.3F|don't yet have a policy for how to organize it]]. We may want to add a bias template to advocacy articles in the mainspace, for example. As for your own userspace, anything is fair game, as long as it's election-related.
Please let us know your opinions of this policy on [[Electowiki talk:Policy|the policy talk page]].
== Editorial board ==
Since it's January 2005 inception, Electowiki has had an ad hoc editorial board, with de facto membership based on momentum. History:
* 2005: [[User:DanKeshet]] and [[User:RobLa]]
* 2006 through 2018: [[User:RobLa]]
* 2019: [[User:Psephomancy]] and [[User:RobLa]]
[[User:RobLa]] would like to formalize this somehow, but as of December 2019, hasn't declared a process for achieving this.
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