Editorial standards

The North Scope reports from evidence. Discovery sources can identify a story, but they do not replace the original record.

Source rules

• Google News is evidence of observed visibility, not proof of a claim.
• Company and institution pages establish what those organizations said; they are not independent confirmation.
• Preprints are not peer-reviewed papers. Press releases are not research papers. Funding is not a research result.
• Lab demonstrations, patents and announcements do not prove commercial availability.

Corrections

Material corrections should be visible, dated and specific about what changed.