{
  "platform": "Wikipedia (English)",
  "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org",
  "checked": "2026-10-27",
  "verification_note": "Binding rule found: 'Writing articles with large language models' is a content GUIDELINE (shortcuts WP:LLM, WP:NOLLM, WP:NEWLLM), last edited 2026-10-17. The information page 'Wikipedia:Large language models' (edited 2026-10-24) summarises it.",
  "policies": [
    {
      "topic": "ai_content",
      "status": "prohibited",
      "conditions": "Content guideline. Exceptions: copyediting your own writing (spelling, grammar, punctuation) after human review, and translation from other-language Wikipedias under the separate translation guidance. Persistent use outside the exceptions is treated as disruptive and can lead to a block.",
      "quote": "the use of large language models to generate or rewrite article content \"is strictly prohibited\" except for the uses it lists",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Writing_articles_with_large_language_models",
      "source_updated": "2026-10-17"
    },
    {
      "topic": "automation",
      "status": "prohibited",
      "conditions": "Unapproved bot-like editing is not allowed; bots need approval under the separate Bot policy.",
      "quote": "LLMs should not be used for unapproved bot-like editing.",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Large_language_models",
      "source_updated": "2026-10-24"
    },
    {
      "topic": "disclosure",
      "status": "allowed_with_conditions",
      "conditions": "Where LLM use is permitted (translation, copyediting), mention it in the edit summary.",
      "quote": "LLMs used to generate or modify text should be mentioned in the edit summary.",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Large_language_models",
      "source_updated": "2026-10-24"
    },
    {
      "topic": "ai_comments",
      "status": "prohibited",
      "conditions": "Talk-page comments.",
      "quote": "Editors should not use LLMs to write comments generatively.",
      "source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Large_language_models",
      "source_updated": "2026-10-24"
    }
  ],
  "observed": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "Readable by plain HTTP fetch. The page is community-maintained and was edited three days before this check, so it should be re-checked monthly."
    }
  ],
  "domains": [
    "en.wikipedia.org"
  ],
  "browser_agent": {
    "status": "allowed_with_conditions",
    "reason": "Reading is fine; unapproved bot-like editing is not."
  },
  "ai_posting": {
    "status": "prohibited",
    "reason": "LLM-generated or rewritten article content prohibited (information page)."
  }
}