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Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models
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Guideline on AI usage on Wikipedia
This page documents an English Wikipedia content guideline. Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus.
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This page in a nutshell: Don't use AI writing tools such as large language models to generate or rewrite article content.<br>Text generated by large language models (LLMs)[a] often violates several of Wikipedia's core content policies. For this reason, the use of LLMs to generate or rewrite article content is prohibited ,[b] except for basic copyedits and translation of material from other language Wikipedias as outlined below.
Editors are permitted to use LLMs to suggest basic copyedits to their own writing, and to incorporate some of them after human review, provided the LLM does not introduce content of its own. Caution is required, because LLMs can go beyond what is asked of them and can change the meaning of the text such that it is not supported by the sources cited. Examples of basic copyedits include spelling, punctuation, and capitalization.
Editors are permitted to use LLMs to translate articles from another language's Wikipedia into the English Wikipedia, but must follow the guidance laid out at Wikipedia:LLM-assisted translation.
The writing style of some editors may appear similar to the output of LLMs. The imposition of sanctions requires evidence beyond basic stylistic or linguistic indications. When evaluating possible LLM use, it is best to consider the full pattern of the editor's recent edits and whether the edits comply with core content policies.
See also
Policies and guidelines
Wikipedia:Editing policy § Artificial intelligence additions<br>Wikipedia:Image use policy § AI-generated images (policy)
Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons § Images (guideline)
Wikipedia:Disruptive editing § Persistent LLM use (guideline)
Wikipedia:Reliable sources § Sources produced by machine learning (guideline)
Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines § LLM-generated (guideline)
Wikipedia:Presumptive removal of AI-generated content (guideline)
Maintenance
Wikipedia:WikiProject AI Cleanup/Noticeboard – a noticeboard related to LLM-generated content
Wikipedia:WikiProject AI Cleanup/Guide – a guide related to LLM-generated content cleanup
Notes
^ such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, DeepSeek, or Grammarly
^ Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models/RfC, March 2026
Wikipedia artificial intelligence policies and guidelines<br>Policies<br>AI additions
AI images<br>AI bio images
AI speedy deletion
Guidelines<br>LLM article content<br>AI image upscaling
LLM generated sources
LLM translations
Persistent LLM use
Removal of AI content
Talk page LLM usage
Maintenance<br>Noticeboard<br>Deletions
AI Cleanup
Templates
Tools
Tracking
Supplemental<br>Information pages
Essays
Category
Wikipedia key policies and guidelines (?)
Five pillars<br>Ignore all rules
Content (?)<br>Verifiability
No original research
Neutral point of view
What Wikipedia is not
Biographies of living persons
Copyright (Copyright violations)
Image use
Article titles
Notability
Autobiographies
Citing sources
Reliable sources<br>Medicine
Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources
Plagiarism
Do not create hoaxes
Fringe theories
Patent nonsense
External links
Writing articles with large language models<br>Removal of AI-generated content
LLM-assisted translation
Conduct (?)<br>Civility
Consensus
Harassment
Vandalism
Ignore all rules
No personal attacks
Ownership of content
Edit warring
Dispute resolution
Sockpuppetry
No legal threats
Child protection
Paid-contribution disclosure
Assume good faith
Conflict of interest
Disruptive editing
Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point
Etiquette
Gaming the system
Please do not bite the newcomers
Courtesy vanishing
Responding to threats of harm
Talk page guidelines<br>Signatures
Deletion (?)<br>Deletion policy
Proposed deletion<br>Biographies
Speedy deletion
Attack page
Oversight
Revision deletion
Enforcement (?)<br>Administrators
Banning
Blocking
Page protection
Editing (?)<br>Editing policy
Article size<br>Summary style
Be bold
Disambiguation
Hatnotes
Broad-concept article
Understandability
Style<br>Manual of Style<br>Contents
Accessibility
Dates and numbers
Images
Layout
Lead section
Linking
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Classification<br>Categories, lists, and...