01 · Sources
Prefer material that can be checked.
Articles prioritize museums, archives, libraries, government hydrographic offices, academic publications and clearly identified primary material. Each article carries a source list so a reader can continue the research.
A source supports a specific claim; it is not decoration. If reliable sources disagree, the page should describe the disagreement rather than force a false certainty.
- +Direct links to the supporting institution
- +Dates and terminology kept in context
- +No anonymous quotation chains
- +No source invented to complete a narrative
02 · Categories
History, legend and play use different rules.
Historical pages distinguish evidence, inference and uncertainty. Legend pages can describe supernatural claims, but focus on when and how a story was recorded. Playable scenarios can depart from the record, provided the departure is presented as game interpretation.
The visual connection between article and game should never imply that a game event is a historical source.
- +Documented: supported by cited evidence
- +Disputed: competing interpretations are named
- +Legendary: treated as a cultural tradition
- +Playable: an authored scenario, not a reconstruction
03 · Production
Tools can assist; responsibility cannot be delegated.
Research, drafting, translation and technical production may use software or assisted workflows. Claims, citations, page usefulness and final publication remain the responsibility of Age of Seas.
Generated or translated wording is not treated as a source. It must be checked against the cited material, and unsupported detail is removed rather than made more persuasive.
- +Human review before publication
- +Stable content identity across languages
- +Source language and fallback language disclosed
- +No mass-generated doorway pages
04 · Corrections
Corrections are part of the atlas.
A correction report should identify the page, disputed passage and, when possible, a source. Reports are reviewed against the published evidence and the page is updated when the correction is supported.
Material changes update the page date. A future public change log may record larger revisions; minor typography and layout changes do not alter historical meaning.
- +Page URL and exact passage
- +Reason for the correction
- +Supporting source when available
- +No requirement to disclose a reporter publicly