Editorial Policy

Scope: public figures, public roles

HistoryWall covers statements made by public figures in their public capacity. A public figure is someone who has voluntarily entered public life — a politician, executive, international official, or prominent public intellectual — and whose public statements are part of the public record.

We do not cover statements made in private settings, medical contexts, or family life, even for public figures, unless those statements were voluntarily made public by the person themselves.

Neutrality principle

HistoryWall does not editorialize, score, or rank public figures. We do not use language that characterizes a person as "good" or "bad," "honest" or "dishonest." Our role is to document what was said, with the source.

Topic tagging (e.g., "immigration," "climate," "tax") is used for navigation only and does not imply endorsement or criticism.

For high-controversy figures, we apply an additional neutrality check:

• Statements are not clustered around negative topics only.
• Characterizing or labeling terms are not used in AI summaries.
• No "vs." framing that implies adversarial positioning.
• S-level sources (primary sources) are used as a neutral anchor.

Human review requirement

100% of statements require human review and approval by the project owner (Arthur) before publication. There is no automated approval path. This is a hard constraint, not a default setting.

What we refuse to publish

• Fabricated quotes or AI-generated paraphrases presented as verbatim.
• Statements we cannot trace to a verifiable source.
• Content that targets private individuals.
• Content that serves no public interest purpose.
• Satirical, fictional, or hypothetical statements without explicit labeling.

Independence

HistoryWall does not accept payments from political campaigns, advocacy organizations, governments, or individuals to include or exclude specific statements. Coverage decisions are made solely on the basis of public interest and source quality.

Corrections

If a published statement record is found to be inaccurate, we correct it and append a correction notice. We do not silently delete records. All corrections are logged. See Corrections for how to submit a correction request.