Fact-Checking Policy
See how NerdsMagazine fact-checks technology content, verifies sources and technical claims, reviews testing, and handles post-publication updates.
Updated
NerdsMagazine aims to publish technology information that is accurate, appropriately sourced, and clear about what is documented, observed, claimed, or uncertain. Fact-checking is a verification process, not a claim that errors can never occur.
Our Verification Process
- Identify what needs verification.
The writer or editor identifies material claims that could affect the reader's understanding, decision, safety, data, purchase, or technical action.
- Select appropriate sources.
We look for sources capable of establishing the specific claim rather than relying on one source type for every question.
- Check primary or authoritative sources.
Where reasonably available, we prefer official documentation, technical specifications, release notes, security advisories, research, standards, public records, datasets, or other sources close to the underlying fact.
- Verify names, dates, numbers, quotations and technical details.
Material factual details are checked to a level appropriate to the article and potential consequences of an error.
- Review sensitive or consequential claims.
Cybersecurity, privacy, account security, data loss, financial consequences, legal implications, and safety-related claims may require stronger evidence or additional context.
- Complete editorial review.
Before publication, the article may be reviewed for factual consistency, sourcing, technical accuracy, attribution, headline accuracy, unsupported claims, and important missing context.
- Continue verification after publication.
Credible reader, source, expert, or company feedback may cause us to return to the evidence and review the article again.
What We Check
Source Selection
The best source depends on the claim being checked. Source quality is not determined by prestige alone; the relevant question is whether the source is in a position to establish the fact being cited.
Useful sources may include official documentation, direct testing, research and public datasets, qualified experts, company statements, and reputable secondary reporting used for context or confirmation.
Technology-Specific Verification
Technology facts can vary by version, device, configuration, account type, subscription tier, or region. Where relevant, we may check software version, operating-system version, device model, hardware configuration, whether a feature is stable or beta, regional availability, subscription tier, support status, and compatibility requirements.
Direct Testing and Hands-On Claims
Information derived from official specifications, third-party benchmarks, documentation, or other sources should be represented as such rather than described as our own testing.
Troubleshooting Verification
Troubleshooting articles require particular care because the same symptom can have different causes.
- identify the relevant platform or version;
- begin with lower-risk diagnostic steps;
- distinguish reversible changes from destructive actions;
- identify backup considerations when data may be affected;
- avoid presenting one fix as guaranteed when multiple causes are possible;
- explain significant risks or limitations.
Higher-Risk Claims
NerdsMagazine is primarily a technology publication, but some claims can have greater consequences for readers. Cybersecurity, privacy, account security, data loss, financial consequences, legal implications, and safety-related claims may therefore require stronger evidence, clearer limitations, or additional verification.
General technology information should not be treated as personalized medical, legal, financial, tax, investment, or other professional advice.
Company Claims
Manufacturers, software companies, service providers, and other organizations frequently make claims about performance, security, privacy, reliability, market position, or product superiority. When those claims have not been independently established, NerdsMagazine should attribute them rather than present them as independently verified facts.
Experts and Unnamed Sources
Expert input may be used when specialized knowledge improves accuracy or context. NerdsMagazine rarely uses unnamed sources and prefers named, on-the-record attribution. See our Unnamed Sources Policy.
Reviews and Rankings
Factual information in reviews and rankings is subject to the same verification standards as other editorial content. Documented specifications and measured results should be distinguishable from editorial judgment about usability, value, convenience, design, or suitability.
Paid visibility does not determine editorial ranking position.
AI and Verification
AI is not used for research, fact-checking, source monitoring, article writing, rewriting, translation, summarization, metadata, descriptions, tagging, categorization, biographies, or other editorial text. AI is used only for creating, preparing, or editing images and other visual materials.
AI output is not treated as authoritative evidence.
Post-Publication Verification
Fact-checking does not permanently end at publication. Technology changes, new evidence may become available, and readers or sources may identify details that require another look.
A credible concern may cause NerdsMagazine to return to the original sources, check updated documentation, seek additional evidence, reproduce a technical issue where practical, contact a relevant party, and decide whether a correction, clarification, update, or no change is appropriate.
Report a Possible Error
Send factual correction reports to corrections@nerdsmagazine.com.
Please include the article URL, the statement or detail you believe is incorrect, an explanation of the problem, and a reliable supporting source or evidence where available.
See our Corrections Policy.