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EDITORIAL STANDARD

How Classic Forever works

Our system is built around one simple question: what do we actually know—and why?

STATUS SYSTEM

Six clearly separated levels

OFFICIAL

Direct statement or publication from Blizzard.

VERIFIED SIGNAL

Technically or documentarily observable, but not officially interpreted.

REPORTED

Credible secondary source with traceable origin.

RUMOR

Unconfirmed claim with incomplete provenance.

THEORY

Our or the community’s inference from visible facts.

RESOLVED

An earlier claim was confirmed, disproved or superseded.

1. Discover

Official sources, approved feeds, web search and YouTube metadata are checked every six hours.

2. Draft

AI groups duplicates and creates a private draft with citations and counter-evidence.

3. Approve

A human checks source, rights, wording, evidence grade and translation before publication.

CORRECTIONS

No silent rewrites

Factual errors are corrected on the article and logged with date, old wording, new wording and reason. Every review of a core file also records a bilingual update diff stating whether—and exactly what—changed materially since the previous review. Predictions retain their original wording.

AI TRANSPARENCY

AI assists; it is never the source

Research dossiers may use AI-assisted summaries and translation drafts. Published claims still point to original sources. Realistic synthetic media is disclosed.

Open the complete AI and media policy

Automation and rights boundaries

  • No automatic publication of substantive summaries without human approval.
  • No mass extraction of third-party YouTube transcripts.
  • Creator permissions are selected scope by scope, verified through a public channel code, and can be revoked immediately with a private key.
  • A transcript permission applies only when the video’s YouTube API channel ID exactly matches the verified creator channel. Revocation immediately removes dependent briefings from public view.
  • A public video briefing requires a complete manual watch or a demonstrably authorized transcript. Metadata-only findings remain private.
  • No alleged leaks without visible provenance and uncertainty labeling.
  • No Blizzard logos, confusing branding or claim of official affiliation.