https://edfieldmanual.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Elite_Dangerous_Field_Manual%3ASource_Quality_Guide 2026-08-25T11:21:57Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.46.0 https://edfieldmanual.com/index.php?title=Elite_Dangerous_Field_Manual:Source_Quality_Guide&diff=301&oldid=prev 2026-08-07T22:15:52Z

<p>New: ports the source confidence tier system to a real wiki page, fixing a long-standing dead link from Editorial Policy and Contributing</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>How to judge and record source quality on EDFM — used to fill in {{tl|Article status}}&#039;s &lt;code&gt;source_quality&lt;/code&gt; field, and to decide when a claim needs {{tl|Unverified claim}}, {{tl|Estimated information}}, or {{tl|Community observation}} instead of being stated as plain fact.<br /> <br /> == Rough tiers (highest to lowest confidence) ==<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Direct, current, reproducible testing&#039;&#039;&#039; by the article&#039;s own author, on the stated game version/mode. State the version tested and the date.<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Official Frontier sources&#039;&#039;&#039;: in-game text, official patch notes, official forum posts from Frontier staff. Cite with &lt;code&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;&lt;/code&gt; and a link.<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Well-established community consensus&#039;&#039;&#039;, cross-confirmed by multiple independent, experienced sources, without a known Frontier statement either way. Use {{tl|Community observation}} if it hasn&#039;t been independently reproduced by this project.<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Single-source community claim&#039;&#039;&#039;, not independently confirmed. Use {{tl|Unverified claim}}. Don&#039;t present tier-4 information as tier-1/2.<br /> # &#039;&#039;&#039;Estimated/approximate figures&#039;&#039;&#039; (e.g. &quot;roughly,&quot; derived rather than measured). Use {{tl|Estimated information}} and say how the estimate was derived if possible.<br /> <br /> == Version sensitivity ==<br /> &#039;&#039;Elite Dangerous&#039;&#039; changes over time, and Legacy has diverged from Live. A source being accurate once doesn&#039;t make it accurate now. {{tl|Article status}}&#039;s &lt;code&gt;version&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;reviewed&lt;/code&gt; fields exist specifically so a reader can judge whether a claim might be stale — always fill them in rather than leaving the defaults.<br /> <br /> == What this project will not do ==<br /> * Fabricate plausible-sounding numbers to fill a gap. An honestly marked gap is more useful than a confident-sounding guess.<br /> * Treat a single unverified forum post as equivalent to a reproduced test.<br /> * Import facts, images, or text from Fandom or other wikis, even with attribution — see [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Legal and Trademark Notice]].<br /> <br /> {{Related articles|[[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Verification Policy]] [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Editorial Policy]] [[Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Citing Sources]]}}</div>

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