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Research claims should link to the original paper, systematic review, regulator, or other authoritative source—not a chain of summaries.
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Pledged writes about accountability, commitment design, and behavioral science. Those subjects can affect real decisions, so clear limits and honest sourcing matter more than publishing volume.
Policy version 1.0 · Last reviewed August 2, 2026
Research claims should link to the original paper, systematic review, regulator, or other authoritative source—not a chain of summaries.
We distinguish randomized evidence, observational associations, theory, expert interpretation, and Pledged product design. They are not interchangeable.
Illustrative scenarios must be labelled as examples. Names, outcomes, quotes, ratings, and aggregate performance are not presented as real user evidence without verification and consent.
Material product rules carry a review date. When a factual error changes the meaning of a page, the correction should be visible rather than silently rewritten.
Pledged is not medical care, addiction treatment, crisis support, or financial advice. We do not recommend financial or social consequences where they may create hardship, coercion, shame, unsafe exercise, disordered behavior, or avoidance of professional help.
Older library articles are being reviewed against this policy. Until an article has complete sourcing, calibrated claims, and a visible review date, it should be treated as educational context rather than decision-grade evidence and should not be promoted for search indexing.
Send the page URL, disputed sentence, and any supporting source through the contact page. Material corrections should identify what changed and when.