Editorial policy

Sourcing and attribution

Material claims are attributed to a named source with a date. Where a claim originates with a provider, we say so — provider-reported statements are labelled as such and never presented as verified fact. Allegations are reported as allegations, and we distinguish allegations from regulatory actions, settlements, findings and opinion.

Content types

• News — reporting on a development, tied to a date and a source.
• Articles — education and analysis intended to stay useful over time.
• Reviews — provider research governed by the methodology.

These are separate collections with separate archives. Archive material is additionally labelled as legacy and carries a visible verification state.

Claims we will not make

We do not promise profits, recovery of funds, safety, low risk, consistency or guaranteed outcomes. We do not invent market data, ratings, licences, performance figures, testimonials, readership numbers, awards, credentials or affiliations. If we cannot evidence it, we do not publish it — and we say what we could not establish.

Conflicts, sponsorship and affiliate links

Any sponsored, paid or affiliate arrangement is labelled prominently on the affected page and never disguised as editorial. Legacy pages may contain outbound links placed before these standards existed; those links are preserved for the record, are marked nofollow, and are not endorsements. Where a relationship cannot be established either way, the record states that affiliate status is unknown.

AI assistance disclosure

Automated tooling may assist with research triage, structuring, migration and copy-editing. Every published claim remains the responsibility of a named human editor, and no page is published on the strength of a model's assertion alone. Content generated wholly by automation is not published without human verification of each factual claim.

Updates and versioning

We distinguish four dates: original publication, source update, editorial modification and fact-check. A modification date is set only after a material editorial change — never to manufacture the appearance of freshness. Substantive changes to a published piece are noted on the page.

Corrections

See the corrections policy. Editorial owner of this document: [PLACEHOLDER — editor name to be supplied].