Sources and Method

Method

Primary 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.

Typed claims.Facts, interpretations and forecasts are labeled as what they are. Forecasts carry a horizon and a confidence level. Reported-but- unconfirmed developments say “reported.”

Dated everything. 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Unverifiable means unpublished.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 verified it is marked unknown or left out, including claims that would flatter the practice. Reports of broader ChatGPT ad availability, for example, are noted as unverified rather than repeated.

Enforced by the build. 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 (described in the build note).

The source register