Methodology

Who can be listed

Only Public Actors: people who hold or seek a public political role, or who regularly speak on politics to a large audience:

• Current or former officials: ministers, deputy ministers, MPs, governors, mayors, community heads, ambassadors, heads of state agencies.
• Party leaders, party officials, and election candidates at any level.
• Journalists, TV hosts, and commentators, in their public role.
• Influencers or bloggers with roughly 10,000+ followers who regularly post political content.
• Paid campaign staff or spokespeople who speak publicly.

Private Citizens are never listed by others. This includes civil servants with no political role, people whose post went viral once, and family members of Public Actors. A Private Citizen can appear only on the Self-Declarations page, and only by adding themselves after proving their identity. They can remove that entry instantly at any time.

Labels

• Nikolakan: at least one piece of approved Evidence of public support for Nikol Pashinyan, his government, or Civil Contract, and no newer approved Evidence of a public break.
• Former Nikolakan: approved Evidence of past support, followed by newer approved Evidence of a public break.
• Profiles with no approved Evidence are not shown.

Labels come only from approved Evidence. Confirms, Notes, and popularity never change a Label. Interviewing or meeting Nikol Pashinyan is not support.

What counts as Evidence

One dated, public act by the person themselves, such as a statement, vote, appointment, campaigning, or repost, with:

• a Source: the person's own post or video, an official record or decree, or a news report quoting them directly;
• an Archive copy at web.archive.org or archive.today, so it survives deletion;
• the date of the act and a short description of what it shows.

Never accepted: screenshots alone, hearsay, photos of someone standing near the Prime Minister, claims made by other people, and anything from private channels such as closed groups, DMs, or leaks.

What a Profile contains

Name, a credited official or press photo, public roles, official channels, Label, Evidence, the person's Reply, and the moderation log. Personal phone numbers, personal emails, home addresses, non-political workplaces, and family members are never published, even if they can be found elsewhere online.

Moderation

Moderators are appointed by the operator. Every Profile and every piece of Evidence is reviewed before publication. Once the site has two or more moderators, a new Profile needs approval from two different moderators before it goes public. Moderators may not review anyone they have a personal connection with. Every decision is recorded in the public Moderation Log.

Submitters are anonymous. We do not publish who submitted anything, and we do not ask for any contact details: each submission gets a private status link instead.

Right of reply, disputes, corrections

• Reply: a listed person can publish a statement of up to 1,000 characters on their Profile, shown unedited. Moderators remove only threats, slurs, or other people's private data.
• Dispute: a listed person can challenge a specific piece of Evidence. Once their identity is confirmed, the Evidence is placed on hold and stops counting toward the Label. A decision is made within 72 hours. If the dispute is upheld, the Evidence is retracted.
• Delist: a person who no longer qualifies as a Public Actor, for example because they left politics long ago, is removed from the site.

Contact: TODO@nikolakan.org. Operated by TODO: named editor or organization.