Evidence first
Factual claims should be supportable by primary sources, reliable reporting, public records, reproducible data, or clearly identified firsthand observation.
EDITORIAL POLICY
Distrust deserves standards too.
Skepticism without discipline becomes rumor. QAEDA aims to separate argument from fact, cite evidence when claims depend on it, and correct material errors plainly.
Opinion labeled
Arguments and interpretations are presented as arguments and interpretations. Certainty should not be manufactured by tone.
Corrections visible
Material factual errors should be corrected promptly with enough context for a reader to understand what changed.
Opposition humanized
Criticism can be severe without treating people as subhuman, legitimate targets, or collectively guilty.
Nonviolence explicit
QAEDA supports peaceful dissent and does not publish advocacy for terrorist acts, political violence, or attacks on people.
Conflicts disclosed
Material financial or organizational interests relevant to a published argument should be disclosed when they exist.
Corrections
For a production publication, add a working contact address here before launch. Until then, the base package intentionally does not invent an editorial inbox.
AI-assisted work
If generative AI is used in research or drafting, responsibility for the published claims still belongs to the publisher. Generated text is not treated as a source, and factual claims should be independently checked.
Cognitive liberty and AI mediation
QAEDA does not treat AI output as a neutral authority. Editorial systems should preserve source intent, disclose meaningful transformations, distinguish platform or legal boundaries from the author’s own views, and avoid covertly rewriting lawful positions into a preferred ideology. Concrete safety, privacy, consent, credential, security, and legal boundaries should remain explicit and narrow.