Editorial policy
Every important number should have a clear meaning, scope and evidence status.
Sources and claims
Use official program pages for program descriptions, original supplier pages for price observations and a disclosed calculation for modeled results. A supplier listing supports the item and scope it describes; it does not establish an installed project cost or market-wide average. Record the date and explain limitations near the claim.
Observed, assumed and calculated
Keep these categories distinct. Observed means a source actually supports that value within its scope. Assumed means the author has selected a planning input that still needs validation. Calculated means the value follows from stated inputs and formulas. A scenario is not a statistical confidence interval.
Do not invent customers, competitors, transactions, owner credentials, approval rates or national medians to complete a page. Missing evidence is a stated gap.
Business-specific usefulness
Each guide set answers five distinct questions about the format, startup costs, profitability, unit economics and financing. A complete package adds a worked business-plan example; unpublished examples are not represented by empty pages. Every format needs an appropriate operating model. Financing discussions distinguish a startup from an acquisition or property purchase and use current official references where relevant.
AI assistance and review
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Corrections and updates
A material correction should identify the faulty source, assumption or formula, update the shared record, recalculate affected exhibits and rebuild all linked pages. Review dates change when substantive content or evidence is checked; a cosmetic rebuild alone is not a new research review. Keep the scope of a changed calculation visible.
Commercial separation
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Publishing responsibility
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