Citation and source conventions

Use these project rules when you change the citation validator or its tests. They summarize the demo contract. They do not replace Wikipedia policy.

Code rules

• Keep structural validation deterministic.
• Return a stable reason code for each rejected value.
• Do not make source reliability decisions in code.
• Add a test for each new reason code.

Review rules

• Keep the claim and its source together.
• Check that the cited source directly supports the claim.
• Treat source reliability as dependent on the source and claim context.
• Record uncertainty for a reviewer instead of inventing support.

Wikipedia states that challenged or likely challenged claims need inline citations to reliable sources that directly support them.^{wikipedia-verifiability} Citation formatting alone does not establish source reliability.^{wikipedia-citing-sources}

Related pages

• Editorial workflow
• Demo scope decision