Methodology

How a claim earns its place.

The site's value is rigor. Every part of it runs on the same standard.

Settled vs. contested

Where evidence is lopsided we say so plainly. Where serious researchers disagree we label it Contested and show the disagreement. A claim-status field is built into articles and data and surfaced in the interface.

Trivia & facts standard

Two independent authoritative sources, plus a myth-screen on every surprising or commonly-mistaken claim. Generated candidates stay in a holding state for review; nothing is auto-promoted to the live pool.

Rankings standard

Outcome-based only — results the office controls. No ideological or value-laden scoring. Each ranking ships a methodology page and a downloadable CSV.

No fabricated data

Where a source is not yet attached, you see a visible Data pending marker — never an invented number. The public corrections log records every fix.