What is Wikipedia’s neutral point of view policy?

Neutral Point of View is the editorial commitment that holds the rest of Wikipedia together. It requires articles to represent every significant viewpoint on a topic in proportion to its representation in reliable secondary sources. That has two practical consequences. First, an article cannot advocate for or against the subject; the editorial voice has to be neutral, presenting positions as positions rather than as facts. Second, the weight given to each viewpoint has to mirror the weight that viewpoint carries in the source ecosystem – majority positions get majority treatment, minority positions get proportional treatment, and fringe positions either get brief treatment or none at all. For reputation work, NPOV is both a constraint and a tool. It constrains what we can propose: we cannot suggest language that omits a documented controversy or that frames the subject more favorably than reliable sources do. It is also a tool: when an article gives undue weight to a single critical source, NPOV is the policy lever that gets the imbalance addressed.