Build content a reader can verify

Give the reader a way to disagree productively

Evidence-ready content lets a reader find the basis for a statement and judge whether it applies to their situation. It does not mean adding a link after every sentence or filling the page with impressive-looking statistics. A source that discusses the same topic may still fail to support your particular claim.

Build a claim ledger

Before editing the article, copy its most important claims into a small table. For each claim, identify the source and the narrow statement that source supports. Add the date, population or product version, and any reason the result might not transfer.

Claim	Basis	Boundary	Editorial decision
Our export supports this format	Current product documentation and a reproducible check	Named version only	Publish with version
This process saves time	An internal timed exercise	One workflow, no external comparison	Describe the exercise, not a universal benefit
Everyone needs this markup	No source identified	Unknown	Remove or investigate

These examples are fictional review decisions, not findings about a real product.

Separate four kinds of sentences

• Platform documentation: what a provider states about its own product.
• Research observation: what a study reports under its method and sample.
• First-party observation: what your team recorded, with its method disclosed.
• Editorial recommendation: what you suggest a reader do and why.

A recommendation can be useful without pretending to be a research result. Write “we recommend keeping a claim ledger because it makes review easier,” not “claim ledgers increase AI citations,” unless you have appropriate evidence for that outcome.

Link to the evidence near the claim

Prefer the underlying documentation, research article, or first-party record to a chain of summaries. Check the destination, read the relevant section, and make sure the link still supports the sentence after edits. If access requires a subscription or login, disclose that. Do not copy an entire paper or reproduce its tables merely to make the page look scholarly.

Keep useful limits in the answer

If a result concerns one region, product version, task, or time window, keep that boundary close to the result. Avoid a broad opening claim followed by a caveat so distant that a reader could miss it. A concise answer can still say “under these conditions” and “we did not test this alternative.”

Review and maintain

Give the page an accountable editorial name, a real review date, and a corrections route. Recheck unstable claims when their source changes. The structure checker can flag headings, paragraphs, lists, and Markdown links; it cannot decide whether a source is trustworthy or a claim is true.