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Editorial policy

This editorial policy explains how Gernalist keeps public investigations human-reviewed, evidence-led, and correction-aware as the desk grows.

Current safety boundary

Human editorial review is required before publication. Automated moderation, automated publishing, and public assisted-research workflows are not enabled.

Human review before publication

Human editors approve publication-critical claims before publication. AI output is never evidence; AI/search/provider outputs, when later approved, are internal research aids and not publication-ready evidence by themselves.

Evidence and corrections

Public dossiers should distinguish verified findings, allegations, context, open questions, sources, method notes, corrections, and challenge paths.

Community participation

Lounges, propose boards, and nominations are account-gated. Display names appear on votes and messages. Community moderators may remove messages, mute members, and merge duplicate nominations; reports are reviewed by humans.

Account access boundaries

Signing in unlocks account-specific participation: community votes, lounge posts, nominations, and evidence submission tracking. A signed-in reader still cannot publish dossiers, run research agents, spend provider budget, or change editorial records. Editorial tools remain locked unless your account is granted staff access.

Automation boundary

Gernalist does not enable automated moderation, automated publishing, or public assisted-research runs without separate approval and audit evidence.