Field Guide Worksheet
Contributor Workflow
Use this worksheet before submitting a public note, correction, source lead, or fact-check request.
What this worksheet adds
- It gives one claim, place, or source packet a bounded structure so details can be compared instead of guessed from memory.
- It helps the reader record what the source actually says before stronger interpretation begins.
- It creates a cleaner handoff into review lanes if the topic becomes sensitive, disputed, or identity-adjacent.
What remains open: Filling in the worksheet does not settle the claim. It only makes the next review decision clearer.
Worksheet decision frame
Best used when
- A reader has a correction, source lead, community note, fact-check request, or safer wording proposal and needs to prepare it for review.
- The submission touches family memory, private records, disputed wording, sensitive identity language, or possible living-person risk.
- The editor needs enough structure to decide whether the item belongs in Community Notes, Fact Check, Corrections, Source Review, or Safe Sharing.
Reader output
- A review packet with page URL, exact claim, source holder, date/place details, proposed change, uncertainty label, privacy check, and routing decision.
- A redacted version of the note that can be evaluated without exposing private contact details or living-person facts.
- A clear next action: publish as context, hold for owner review, request more source detail, rewrite, fact-check, or decline.
Do not use this worksheet to
- Publish accusations, private family disputes, private contact information, living-person details, or unredacted sensitive documents.
- Bypass editorial standards because a contributor feels certain or personally connected to the material.
- Use community memory as documentary proof without labeling it and routing stronger claims to review.
20-Minute Use Pattern
Use this worksheet without overbuilding it
This quick-start pattern adds discipline by keeping the first pass small, source-led, and review-ready instead of letting a worksheet become an unstructured dump.
- Name the place, source, or claim in one sentence.
- Copy exact source details before interpretation.
- Mark claim status and evidence level before writing conclusions.
- Move sensitive rows to Safe Sharing or Evidence Gates before public use.
Stop when the next review step is clear. More rows are not better if they blur uncertainty, privacy risk, or source type.
Before you fill this out
These guides do not certify identity, ancestry, descent, tribe, nationality, DNA, legal status, membership, Muur/Moor claims, spiritual interpretation, or oral-tradition claims. They help readers collect sources, label uncertainty, and decide what needs review before stronger wording is used.
Claim status options: Supported, Needs Review, Open, Unsupported, Sensitive / Do Not Publish Yet.
Evidence level options: A - direct public source; B - corroborated public source; C - partial or contextual source; D - weak, unsourced, or contradicted; Sensitive - review required before public use.
Submission basics
Safety review
Routing
Next step
Use Safe Sharing before submitting anything that could identify or harm living people.