Method

Each of these explains one thing you will see on a record, and what it should change about how much weight you give it.

• Evidence tiers

  T0 to T6. What kind of evidence a record rests on, and how strongly it may be stated as a result.

• Depth

  L0 to L3. How far a layer has actually been worked, against how far it was declared at.

• Verification

  What it means for a record to be checked, who checked it, and why most records are not published.

• Currency

  Every class carries a review interval, and a record past its interval is marked rather than hidden. What the amber word in an evidence bar means.

• Why a record is not here

  The checks a record must pass to reach a public page, and what happens to one that stops passing.

• A record, read end to end

  One specimen record rendered through the same components as a real one, with every field explained where it sits.

Records and articles are kept apart

The evidence and the argument are kept apart. A record states what a source says, with its grading and its limits, and contains no argument. An article selects records and argues from them, and contains no facts of its own: every number in it is a link back to a record.

So a record page states facts only, and an article makes the argument. A number can be checked without trusting the writing around it.