Organizations Editorial Guidelines

These guidelines govern the wiki's Organizations section. Inclusion is neither endorsement nor an influence ranking.

Selection and scope

Include organizations with a sustained body of substantive AI-law or policy work, or a significant documented intervention. Relevant evidence includes original research, testimony, consultation submissions, litigation, regulatory advocacy, model legislation, AI-focused political activity and governance frameworks. General AI prominence, product launches or occasional commentary are insufficient.

Identify the unit covered: a parent organization, university center, corporate laboratory, coalition or registered political committee. Programs may be covered within a parent profile unless separate treatment is warranted. The United Nations is included following the September 16, 2026 expansion. Intergovernmental profiles must clearly distinguish public authority, scientific advice, voluntary standards and binding law, and identify separate UN-system entities. Other governmental institutions and formal standards bodies remain reserved for a later expansion.

Sources and article structure

Profiles should normally contain approximately 600–1,000 words plus references, without padding. Cover identity, policy role, dated contributions, attributed positions, relevant governance and funding, related articles and sources. Cite factual prose inline and inspect accessible source bodies. Prefer original publications and filings, official registers and institutional disclosures; use independent reporting for disputed claims, context and assertions of influence.

Distinguish authors' arguments from institutional positions, coalition statements from individual endorsements, voluntary guidance from legal requirements, and allegations from findings. An organization reporting that it advised officials does not establish that it caused a policy outcome. Date changing positions and financial periods. A source-review date does not certify every historical statement as current law.

Identity, funding and political activity

Verify exact legal entities and official identifiers where material. A shared brand, website or contribution link does not by itself establish legal control. Distinguish corporate contributions from employees' personal donations; announced funding from reported receipts; candidate contributions from independent expenditures; and transfers between committees from final spending. Report restrictions on donated funds and avoid double-counting transfers.

Identify disclosed support and the reporting period. Partnership, board membership and funding are different relationships. Attribute independence claims to the organization and do not infer an undisclosed donor from an absence of information.

Directory and links

Maintain five navigational groups, with each profile listed once and alphabetically within its group. Use short descriptions checked against the sourced profiles. Keep the profile count current and avoid empty placeholders. All profiles use the Organizations article category; do not add top-of-page breadcrumbs. Verify aliases before creating redirects.

Connect organizations to relevant People, policy, legislation, case and digest articles. Add reciprocal links for substantive coverage, using exact canonical titles and story anchors where helpful. Do not create news merely to announce a wiki profile. Preserve the Main Page's intentionally unlinked digest summaries and shared AI disclosure.

Maintenance

Update profiles when material verified developments affect their policy work or institutional status. Review a quarter of the directory each week so each profile receives an approximately monthly source and status check. Check political-finance records after relevant filings and material events. Record unresolved source gaps and specific remaining work in the editorial issue ledger.