Editorial standards

Factual-claims policy

Every factual claim on this site falls into one of three tiers:

1. Verified. Stated as fact only when backed by a document, photograph, or publication — diplomas, the typescript itself, contemporary press, published books. Examples: Eugene Seaich’s degrees and dates; the manuscript’s nine journals.
2. Attributed. Stated with its source named — “according to the family papers,” “according to the edition’s apparatus.” Used where documentation exists but is not independently confirmable (e.g., the 1959 dating of the manuscript).
3. Never published. Claims we do not make, anywhere: three Ph.D.s, birth details beyond 1925–2006, “FDA-approved” framing of anything in the book, and any “never published” or “first publication” framing of the book: a rough edition was self-published in 2012, and the 2026 edition is the Annotated Edition.

New claims require a source note in the edition’s verification ledger before publication. Interpretation is always labeled as interpretation — never presented as established science.

Source-citation policy

Inline citations for: all biographical facts, all historical claims, all statistics, all quotations. Format: author, title, date, link or archive reference. Primary sources (typescript photographs) are captioned with what they show and where the original sits. The full source list lives on the bibliography page.

AI-content disclosure and quality control

AI tools may draft and assist with proofing and organization. A human — the editor, Eric Hendrickson — verifies every factual claim against the verification ledger before anything publishes. The 1959 text is Eugene Seaich’s; the 2026 apparatus is the editor’s; no AI-generated text appears unattributed. Nothing AI-assisted publishes without human fact-check.

Correction policy

Errors are fixed within 48 hours of discovery, with a dated correction note. Material corrections carry a dated note describing what changed; the original claim is not silently rewritten. Report an error through the contact page with the page address and the correction.

Correction log

No corrections published yet.