How We Check Facts

Our sourcing and fact-checking standards.

Our standards

  1. Two independent sources minimum for every fact on a question page, preferring museums, universities, government bodies, encyclopaedias and peer-reviewed research.
  2. We link the sources on the page, so you can check us.
  3. Every page shows the date it was last checked.
  4. Disputed facts are labelled as disputed. If historians disagree, we tell you that instead of picking the more fun version.
  5. AI may help with drafting; a human checks every claim against the sources before anything is published.
  6. Corrections are public. Found an error? Email us and we'll fix it and log it on the corrections page.
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