Information and editorial standards
Reading the Evidence
What can a source, a date, a translation, or a review actually establish? Start with the labels and hypothetical examples below.
Text updated
Similar labels, different meanings
- Published on the official site
- The official page stated this when it was checked. That does not guarantee it remains unchanged.
- Not stated on the checked official page
- The checked page does not state it. Silence does not mean no, prohibited, or permitted.
- Not confirmed
- Available evidence is insufficient, the source is inaccessible, or checking is incomplete.
- Sources disagree
- Sources give different accounts. Averaging them or choosing the convenient version does not resolve the disagreement.
Three dates behind a piece of information
Source publication
The date given by the original publisher. If none is stated, it stays unknown.
Evidence check
When this site checked the source content. Loading a page is not verification of every field.
Editorial update
A change to this page’s wording or structure, separate from any change to the source.
Hypothetical example · Not a real business or customer review
Two dates, different meanings
A library article gets a typo correction on 10 September. Its opening hours were last checked on 20 August.
The hours were not necessarily rechecked in September. Editing and evidence have separate dates.
Hypothetical example · Not a real business or customer review
Three articles, one source
Three blogs say a hall holds 200 people. All cite one old leaflet that says ‘up to 200 in a standing layout.’
These are not three independent checks. A summary or translation must retain the layout and upper-limit qualifications.
Common questions
Is an update date also an evidence-check date?
Not necessarily. An update may only fix wording or layout. A newer edit date does not make older evidence current.
Does a broken source link invalidate the information?
It means the link cannot currently verify the claim. It proves neither that the claim was false nor that an activity has ended. An old search snippet does not establish the present situation.
Is a claim stronger when several sites repeat it?
Not necessarily. The pages may all repeat one old source. Trace the original and distinguish independent checking from copying.
What if the original and translation disagree?
Compare wording, dates, and scope. A translation may omit a qualification or lag behind an update. Leave unexplained differences unresolved.
Does a review summary represent the majority?
No. It can only describe the material actually examined. A single review, copied posts, or repeated posts by one person cannot establish a consensus.
How can I safely report a correction?
Include the page URL, disputed text, proposed correction, and a public source. Leave out identity documents, payment records, and others’ private information. Redact screenshots. Email reveals your sender address to the recipient.
Spotted an error?
Send the page URL, disputed text, proposed correction, and a public source. Please leave out identity documents and anyone’s private information.
- The full page URL on this site
- The field or wording at issue
- Your proposed correction
- A public source URL and its stated date, if available