Our source standard
Read the source. See the context.
You should not have to take our word for it. Every ConveyVerse post based on a source includes a source note. It's there so you can check it yourself, not to make us look thorough.
The source note: seven fields
- Collection
- Reference
- The exact wording used
- The translation, named
- Grade and the named grader, where one applies
- The context source
- A direct link where you can check it
Four standards we hold ourselves to
- A quotation is labelled a quotation, and a paraphrase is labelled a paraphrase.
- A grade never appears without the name of whoever gave it, and a view is attributed to whoever holds it.
- When the wording, the translation, the grading or the interpretation needs care, we say so.
- Corrections remain visible: when a material error is confirmed, we update the content and record the change.
Arabic, editions and translations
Where we quote Arabic from a printed work, we name the edition and the page. Where we read that edition in a published digital reproduction of it rather than in the printed volume, we name the reproduction too.
Where we use a published translation, we name it. Where the translation is ours, we say so with the label "Translation: ConveyVerse, from the Arabic of" the named edition, and we show the Arabic beside it, so the rendering can be checked against the original.
The Arabic of every passage is checked against its source by the editor before it is published.
A source note is a citation, not proof. It shows you where to look and what we relied on. We encourage you to check it yourself. In fact, we'd rather you did. Design confidence never substitutes for evidence.
Ask for a source on any post. If we can't give one to this standard, we'll say so and review the post. Hold us to this standard.