Sources and method

Method

We cite primary sources first. Platform claims cite the platform's own documentation or announcement wherever one exists. Trade press is used to verify and date, or when no primary source exists. It is marked secondary.

We label every claim by type. Facts, interpretations and forecasts are labeled as what they are. Forecasts carry a horizon and a confidence level. Reported-but-unconfirmed developments say "reported."

We date every source, claim, and page. Sources carry publication and access dates; undated live documentation is stamped with its access date and says so. Claims carry checked dates. Pages carry published, updated and reviewed dates.

Unverifiable means unpublished. When something cannot be confirmed from a credible source it is marked unknown or left out, including claims that would make the market or the practice sound more advanced than the evidence supports.

The build enforces it. The site is generated from validated content objects, and a fact claim without a source or a forecast without a horizon fails the production build.

The source register