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== Role of the Fact-checker == The fact-checker focuses on '''content accuracy''', not language or style. Their responsibilities include: * verifying historical facts, dates, origins, and attributions; * checking claims about materials, techniques, and regional variations; * confirming terminology against museum and academic usage; * identifying unsupported or ambiguous statements; * ensuring that references are authoritative and correctly applied. === Introducing New Information === A fact-checker '''may introduce new facts''' if the following conditions are met: * the information is fully supported by reliable, authoritative sources; * the source is clearly cited in the references section; * the fact-checker provides enough bibliographic detail for others to verify the source; * no speculative, interpretive, or unsourced content is added. In other words: > Fact-checkers may expand and improve articles, but must base all added information on transparent, authoritative evidence. Editors reviewing the article do not need to re-check the fact-checker’s research process; they only need to confirm: * that the source is clearly cited, and * that the source is authoritative.
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