Reporting rules · version 1.0
How we summarize research results on this site
Plain language may shorten the explanation. It may not change the tested claim, evidence date, comparator, scope, or verdict.
We may write more briefly and in plainer language. We may not change the tested object, evidence date, comparator, scope, or verdict.
The six reporting questions
What claim was tested?
The exact locked wording is preserved. If the source claim is in English, it remains in English; any reader aid is clearly separated from the claim.
What evidence state applied?
Every result has a date. Later evidence cannot be treated as if it had already existed.
What was the result?
PASS, OPEN, or Loss of Applicability — always for the concrete claim, not automatically for a whole theory.
Why?
Independent findings remain separately visible; they are not compressed into an artificial single reason.
What does this not mean?
PASS is not truth, OPEN is not falsity, and LoA is not physical refutation.
What would trigger a new test?
New evidence, a changed benchmark, or a reformulated claim creates a new record rather than rewriting the old one.
Show the technical preservation duties
Claim preservation: no expansion, categorical strengthening, or silent translation.
Comparator preservation: comparator-relative claims remain comparator-relative.
Temporal preservation: the evidence date remains part of the record.
Scope preservation: the public paraphrase must not extend beyond the locked claim.
Deficit preservation: independent findings are not artificially merged.
Truth neutrality: PASS ≠ true · OPEN ≠ false · LoA ≠ physical falsity.
Record semantics: a new run and a correction of the audit record remain distinct operations.