Publication rules
Methodology
The archive records observations and supporting evidence. It does not promote a loading error into an international incident because somebody posted it in all caps.
It does not automatically prove who controlled it, why it changed, or whether every claim printed on the page was true.
Publication requirements
- Record the exact domain.
- Preserve the capture date.
- Preserve the screenshot source.
- Record the previous and current status.
- Find supporting sources.
- Separate confirmed facts from observations.
- Link related records without unsupported attribution.
- Display missing information honestly.
- Update records when domains return.
- Preserve meaningful correction history.
Facts, observations, and uncertainty
Official confirmation is labeled as such. Technical observations describe what resolvers, servers, redirects, and screenshots showed. Unknown values remain “Not confirmed.”
Visual similarity may justify a note for further review. It does not justify declaring common ownership. Copying websites is easy, and sometimes that is the entire problem.
Correction history
Meaningful changes preserve the old claim, the corrected claim, the reason, the supporting source, and the date. Quietly editing a confident mistake into a cautious truth makes a tidy page and a useless archive.