A report lists every factual claim CiteRanger found on a page, with a status and, where relevant, the current value and its source.
Statuses
| Status | Meaning | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmed | A current source supports the claim as stated. | Nothing. |
| Outdated | A current source contradicts the claim. The report shows the current value and the source. | Check the source, update the page, note the change. |
| Unverifiable | No current source could confirm or contradict the claim. | Decide whether the claim needs a source, a rewrite, or removal. Original data and first-hand statements often land here; that is expected. |
How to work through a report
- Start with outdated claims. Each one shows the original statement, the current value and a link to the source. Open the source, confirm it in one click, and edit the page.
- Then look at unverifiable claims. Some are your own data and need no external source; some are statements that should have had a source and never did.
- Check the source validation section for links that are dead or no longer support the claim. See Source validation.
- Update the page’s visible “last updated” date only if you changed something. A review that found nothing to change does not warrant a new date.
From report to fix list
For a batch, the project view ranks pages by the number of outdated claims, so the pages with the most problems come first. Export the batch as CSV to hand the list to editors, or as PDF for whoever asked for the audit. See Exports.
What the report is not
The report is a verified list of leads, not an automatic rewrite. It tells you which statements no longer match current sources and where the current value comes from. Whether and how to change the page remains an editorial decision.