How we write and review

Sources

• We name the text behind a claim and give a verse reference where we can. A page that doesn’t show a reviewer’s name hasn’t had its sources checked yet.
• Quoting a text doesn’t mean endorsing it.
• We write our own translations. Recordings are official videos embedded from YouTube.

Honesty labels

Every answer says how we know it: Calculated (astronomy you can check), Textual (stated in a named text), Historical (traced through time), Practical (a plain everyday reason), Folk belief (passed down by word) or Modern myth (a recent claim with no real evidence).

AI assistance and review

Our explanations and translations are drafted with AI assistance. A named person then reviews them, and that person’s name appears on the page. Most full explanations stay out of Google and Bing results until that happens, but we’ve let a few appear there before review, so a page without a name hasn’t been reviewed yet. Short summaries and interface text elsewhere on the site may also appear before review. Calculations don’t depend on AI at all: they come from the tested engine described in how we calculate.

Tone

• We don’t use fear, or promise that a ritual will bring you anything.
• On contested subjects, including caste and gender, we set out the disagreement fairly.
• We don’t present traditions as “proven by science” unless the evidence says so.

Mistakes

Tell us and we’ll check. Real errors are fixed and listed on our corrections page.