1. Purpose

This policy establishes the rules and processes for submitting civic, geographic, legal, and administrative data to PakPedia. It ensures that all submitted data meets the platform’s accuracy, neutrality, and verifiability standards, supporting Pakistan’s most trusted civic knowledge base.

2. Types of Civic Data PakPedia Accepts

PakPedia welcomes data submissions related to:

2.1 Geographic & Administrative Information

• District boundaries
• Tehsil and UC details
• Police jurisdictions
• Local governance structures
• Administrative updates or reorganizations

2.2 Legal & Civic Information

• New laws or amendments
• Court decisions influencing interpretation
• Updated government notifications
• Electoral or administrative changes

2.3 Public Resource Information

• Public offices (addresses, timings, contacts)
• Service procedures
• Government department structures

2.4 Historical or Archival Civic Data

• Past laws or administrative divisions
• Timeline-based civic changes

PakPedia does not accept political commentary, opinions, or unverifiable demographic claims.

3. Submission Channels

Civic data may be submitted through:

• Email: [email protected]
• Page-level “Submit Data” or “Report Update” form (where available)
• Verified institutional partnership channels

Institutional submissions may receive priority review.

4. Submission Requirements

All data submissions must include:

1. Description of the Data
2. Source(s) (mandatory for legal, geographic, or administrative changes)
3. Page URL (if the submission relates to an existing entry)
4. Date of the source document
5. Your contact email (optional for follow-up)

PakPedia accepts data only if it can be verified through reliable, official sources.

5. Verification Standards

5.1 Required Source Types

Submissions must rely on one or more of the following:

• Government gazettes
• Official notifications or circulars
• Court judgments
• Provincial or federal publications
• Administrative boundary datasets
• Verified institutional reports

5.2 Internal Verification Steps

Every civic data submission is reviewed through:

1. Initial Screening
2. Source authentication
3. Contextual comparison with current data
4. Decision: accept, revise, or decline

If sources conflict, senior moderators review the issue.

6. Data Accuracy & Neutrality Rules

All submitted civic data must be:

• Accurate: aligned with official records
• Neutral: free from political framing
• Specific: complete enough to be verifiable
• Non-personal: containing no private personal information
• Non-promotional: focused on public benefit

PakPedia discards data that introduces bias, misinformation, or political influence.

7. Prohibited Submissions

PakPedia does not accept:

• Opinion-based interpretations of laws
• Unverified administrative or geographic claims
• Political advocacy disguised as data
• Personal or identifying data of private individuals
• Copyrighted material without clear rights
• Fake or manipulated maps

8. Integration of Approved Data

Once verified, approved civic data is:

• Added to the relevant page
• Archived with proper version control
• Attributed to the original source
• Logged internally for transparency

For major civic updates (e.g., boundary changes), revision notes may be added.

9. Response & Review Timeline

Typical timelines:

• High-priority civic updates: 5–7 days
• Standard submissions: 10–20 days
• Complex or conflicting submissions: longer, based on verification needs

Contributors may request a status update via email.

10. Institutional Submissions

Government bodies, educational institutions, NGOs, and research groups may:

• Provide bulk civic datasets
• Request periodic data synchronization
• Participate in co-development of civic knowledge projects

Institutions must provide formal documentation for all submissions.

11. Rejection & Clarification

PakPedia may reject submissions that:

• Lack credible sources
• Contain inaccuracies
• Conflict with verified public records
• Violate neutrality
• Fail to meet submission requirements

Contributors may resubmit with corrected or additional information.

12. Appeals

Submitters may appeal data-related decisions by emailing:

[email protected]

Appeals undergo senior review with responses provided in a reasonable timeframe.