Methods
How to Use the Source Table Template
This field note is part of the FOBA learning stream. It is meant to orient readers and point toward better source work.
Key points
- Start with the source exactly as it is: title, date, page, image, repository, creator, and wording.
- Put interpretation in a different column from the exact clue.
- Give every public claim its own evidence-level and privacy-risk check.
Next steps
- Use the source table before writing a Wiki paragraph, Community Note, or Fact Check.
- Link uncertain rows to Source Review instead of smoothing them into a conclusion.
- Do not use a completed table as identity, ancestry, tribe, legal-status, DNA, descent, or membership certification.
Source trail
- FOBA Source Table Template – Companion template.
- FOBA Source Review – Review workflow.