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Scientific review

How domain experts verify accuracy and evidence before a factual change is accepted.

Sourced factual claims in the science domain must pass scientific review by a domain expert, who verifies accuracy and evidence. Interpretive claims never enter this track. Evidence levels follow the platform's Scientific Authority model.

Contribution types on this track

Entity correction

Correct a field on an existing entity (e.g. a planet's radius), backed by a source.

Improves: Scientific accuracy, Source coverage

Relationship correction

Correct the type, confidence, domain, or note of an existing relationship.

Improves: Relationship coverage, Scientific accuracy

New relationship suggestion

Propose a new typed relationship between two existing entities.

Improves: Relationship coverage

New entity suggestion

Propose a new entity (with a stable id) and its initial sourced metadata.

Improves: Dataset completeness, Scientific accuracy

Scientific review note

A scientific reviewer's note on an entity, relationship, image, or dataset.

Improves: Review coverage, Scientific accuracy

Evidence levels are defined on Standards.

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