MANIFESTO

Ramen is culture.

Ramen AI Wiki is not a ranking site. We operate as a cultural archive that records training lines, bloodlines, people, and oral history.

Ramen is culture.

We treat Iekei not as a style but as a culture that flows between people. Where someone trained, where they branched off, what they left behind — only that current remains here, the kind a score cannot show.

No definitive history.

We assume that 'a single definitive history of Iekei' does not exist. Multiple views are kept side by side, and disagreement is shown as disputed. We do not impose a single correct answer.

Attributed viewpoint.

Every claim, every philosophy entry, every relationship records who said it and how. We never treat these as 'facts'; sources and a confidence_status are always attached.

Characteristics, not ratings.

We do not implement top lists, score sorting, or 'best of' UIs. The characteristics radar visualizes a shop's angle — it is not a rating. We do not use 'best' or 'highest rated' phrasing.

AI assists. Admin decides.

AI helps extract claims, people, and relationships, but holds no publish permission. All publish decisions go through admin review. AI is required to rewrite assertive phrasing into attribution form.