Trust policy

Accuracy before volume. Evidence before certainty.

SetupMeld's editorial rules are designed to make technical guidance explainable, attributable, correctable, and independent from commercial incentives.

Status
Active project policy
Last reviewed
August 14, 2026

Claims and evidence

Every material technical claim needs attributable evidence or an explicit unverified state.

  • Use the most direct source available and preserve exact device, variant, software, and date context.
  • Separate what a source says from SetupMeld's editorial analysis.
  • Disclose credible conflicts rather than silently averaging them away.
  • Unknown facts stay unknown; they are not turned into a convenient conclusion.

Testing and experience language

Never use “we tested” or “hands-on” unless SetupMeld actually performed and documented the work. Manufacturer documentation, independent testing, owner reports, editorial analysis, and unverified information keep their own labels and limitations.

Authorship and AI assistance

Bylines, biographies, credentials, technical reviewers, editors, and testers must be real and verifiable. AI may help organize research or drafts, but it cannot become an invented expert, tester, eyewitness, source, or author.

Corrections, dates, and publication

Last Verified records substantive technical review, not a cosmetic timestamp change. Material corrections preserve history. Indexable technical pages require complete source review, accountable authorship, stable canonical identity, useful internal links, and honest conditions.