Nonfiction & Reference Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-31 · 5 entries checked · 2 flagged · 3 issues confirmed · 2 corrected · 1 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Lexicon — The entry contains an incomplete sentence fragment that fails to define 'guestword' or 'loanword', making the claim misleading.

Natural History (Pliny) — The entry states 'there is no evidence that it was published in installments,' which contradicts scholarly consensus that Pliny likely released parts of the work before AD 77, as indicated by internal references and the preface's mention of prior circulation.

Natural History (Pliny) — The statement 'Pliny the Younger's letters explicitly describe the posthumous publication of the remaining books' is misleading: the letters describe his uncle's death and the work's composition, but do not explicitly describe posthumous publication; any such

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