Editorial Policy

Principles

• Make public-interest material easier to read, cite, compare, and preserve.
• Keep source context visible where possible.
• Distinguish reported facts, derived measures, estimates, models, commentary, and user-submitted material.
• Correct material errors when they are found.

Editing and moderation

• Site-authored data and explanatory material may be revised for clarity, accuracy, sourcing, and model quality.
• Changes should preserve meaning and improve reader understanding.
• Content may be declined, revised, unpublished, or annotated when policy, legal, safety, or source-quality concerns require it.

Boundaries

Editorial decisions are not endorsements of every claim, interpretation, source, or conclusion appearing on the site.

Copyright, privacy, legal, and safety claims should use the appropriate reporting or contact channel rather than ordinary editorial feedback.