FactHub

FactHub auditor: Standards

Findings

Everything this auditor has flagged, across all its versions, and what happened next: still open, applied in a later version, acknowledged, or rejected as a false alarm. A finding raised again by a later run is superseded by the newer one, so each problem is counted once.

143 findings: 118 open, 24 applied, 1 rejected. 3 repeats were superseded by a later finding.

  1. Add primary anchors (e.g., peer-reviewed papers with DOIs or FDA review documents) for the key mechanism claims, and a method step listing the sources reviewed.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:mrna-vaccines-do-not-alter-dna:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  2. Change "never enters the nucleus" in the answer to "does not need to enter the nucleus", the wording the article's evidence supports.

    Open Minor check measured-tone about article:mrna-vaccines-do-not-alter-dna:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  3. Expand the editorial note with scope, material caveats, and external-review status, and have the conclusion weigh the limitations and state what remains unproven.

    Open Material check fields-do-their-job about article:mrna-vaccines-do-not-alter-dna:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  4. Replace the stale "contradict" in the conclusion with False-label wording, and end the answer with "so it cannot change a person's DNA" so it stands alone.

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:mrna-vaccines-do-not-alter-dna:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  5. Spell out abbreviations at first use, e.g. "U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)" in the summary, and likewise NRC, WHO, and USDA.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:microwaves-do-not-make-food-radioactive:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  6. Cut summary to one sentence naming the strongest evidence (FDA statement, NRC non-ionizing physics); hazard details already appear in keyPoints and evidence.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:microwaves-do-not-make-food-radioactive:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  7. Make seoTitle state the finding, e.g. "Do Microwaves Make Food Radioactive? No, They Only Heat It".

    Open Minor check title-form about article:microwaves-do-not-make-food-radioactive:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  8. Explain 'upward lightning' at first use (a discharge that starts at a tall structure and travels up to the cloud) and remove the stray 'Fact check —' label opening the context.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:lightning-can-strike-the-same-place-repeatedly:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  9. Add a method step listing the sources reviewed (NWS, CN Tower, EPFL Säntis page, Stucke et al.) and add archival URLs for the tower sources that have only live links.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:lightning-can-strike-the-same-place-repeatedly:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  10. Cut the summary to one sentence naming the strongest lines, replace context's evidence-map description with essential framing, and move the 'Important context' bullet out of keyPoints.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:lightning-can-strike-the-same-place-repeatedly:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  11. Spell out IMCCE at first use and briefly explain perihelion, aphelion, and obliquity where first used; remove the "Fact check —" prefix from context.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:seasons-are-caused-by-axial-tilt:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  12. Give source season-3 a description saying why it was chosen and an anchor to the IERS Conventions chapter/table stating obliquity, not the generic versions page.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:seasons-are-caused-by-axial-tilt:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  13. Cut summary to one sentence naming the strongest evidence; drop the hand-written evidence-map recap from context and the 'Important context' keyPoint; move the reader checklist out of method.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:seasons-are-caused-by-axial-tilt:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  14. Change "contradicted" to "False" in the conclusion to match the current label, and make the answer stand alone: "Earth's axial tilt causes seasons by changing sunlight angle and day length."

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:seasons-are-caused-by-axial-tilt:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  15. Reword the title to lead only with what is true, e.g. "Earth's axial tilt causes seasons; Earth is closest to the Sun in January."

    Open Minor check title-form about article:seasons-are-caused-by-axial-tilt:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  16. Shorten the summary to one sentence naming the Burke Museum and UC Davis assessments and the Snopes disclosure; move the remaining detail to evidence or key points.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:people-do-not-swallow-eight-spiders:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  17. Change seoTitle to state the finding, e.g. "Do People Swallow Eight Spiders a Year in Their Sleep? No, the Figure Is a Myth".

    Open Minor check title-form about article:people-do-not-swallow-eight-spiders:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  18. Add a method step recording which sources were reviewed and how they were found, such as the databases and search terms used.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:knuckle-cracking-does-not-cause-arthritis:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  19. Shorten the summary to one sentence, e.g. "Clinical, radiographic, and self-experiment studies found no link between habitual knuckle cracking and hand osteoarthritis."

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:knuckle-cracking-does-not-cause-arthritis:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  20. Change British "grey matter" to American "gray matter" in evidence e1's summary; keep the paper's published title as is.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:humans-use-more-than-ten-percent-brain:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  21. Re-anchor source beyerstein-ten-percent: it is titled as Beyerstein's 1999 book chapter but links the same UW faculty page listed as a resource; cite the chapter (book, ISBN) separately.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:humans-use-more-than-ten-percent-brain:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  22. Cut the hand-written independence note from context ('evidence from different methods, institutions, countries, and decades converges') and make summary one sentence.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:humans-use-more-than-ten-percent-brain:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  23. Replace "is contradicted" wording in summary, conclusion, and description with the current False label's terms (e.g., "is false").

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:humans-use-more-than-ten-percent-brain:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  24. Change 'modelled' to 'modeled' in e2, and explain 'forcing', 'stratosphere', and 'mass-balance constraints' at first use.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:human-activity-drives-current-warming:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  25. Add a method step recording limits, state the defined time period in method 1, and add stable identifiers (ISBN/DOI) for the NASA and National Academies sources.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:human-activity-drives-current-warming:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  26. Rewrite e3's limitation to say what the forcing comparison does not prove (e.g., uncertainty in long-term solar and aerosol forcing), not just year-to-year variability.

    Open Minor check limitations-substantive about article:human-activity-drives-current-warming:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  27. Rewrite editorialNote to state scope (global mean surface warming since mid-20th century), material caveats, and review status; expand conclusion to weigh lines and unknowns.

    Open Material check fields-do-their-job about article:human-activity-drives-current-warming:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  28. In the conclusion, replace 'The evidence confirms with high confidence' with wording matching the True label, e.g. 'The evidence shows with high confidence'.

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:human-activity-drives-current-warming:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  29. Explain 'afferents' and 'somatosensation' at first use, and replace the context's 'Fact check - whether...' fragment with a full sentence.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:humans-have-more-than-five-senses:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  30. Cut the summary to one sentence naming the evidence, e.g. 'Inner-ear vestibular organs and muscle and tendon proprioceptors are sensory systems beyond the traditional five.'

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:humans-have-more-than-five-senses:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  31. Name the book and chapter the NCBI absorption figure comes from (NBK586102, ch. 31) in the source title or name, not just 'National Center for Biotechnology Information'.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:human-blood-red-not-blue:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  32. Make the summary one sentence naming the evidence lines (hemoglobin spectra, clinical physiology, Kienle tissue optics) and add to the conclusion what remains unproven or limited.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:human-blood-red-not-blue:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  33. Change "The claim is contradicted with high confidence" in the conclusion to "The claim is False (High confidence)" to match the current label.

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:human-blood-red-not-blue:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  34. Explain "dermal papilla" (evidence hair-follicle-matrix) and "keratinized" (keyPoints, objections) at first use, e.g. "keratinized (hardened with the protein keratin)".

    Open Minor check house-style about article:hair-and-nails-do-not-grow-after-death:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  35. Cut the summary to one sentence naming the anatomy and forensic lines of evidence; move the mechanism detail to keyPoints, which already cover it.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:hair-and-nails-do-not-grow-after-death:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  36. Change "contradict the claim" in the summary to match the current False label, e.g. "show the claim is false".

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:hair-and-nails-do-not-grow-after-death:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  37. Explain "subtends an angle" and "resolving capability" in evidence angular-resolution, e.g. "appears far smaller than the finest detail the eye can make out."

    Open Minor check house-style about article:great-wall-not-visible-from-moon:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  38. Point source nasa-space-math to the specific 'Angular Size and the Great Wall' item, not the site homepage; add method steps for prioritizing independent evidence and recording limits.

    Open Material check verification-aids about article:great-wall-not-visible-from-moon:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  39. Extend the conclusion to weigh the astronaut and contrast evidence, note the photography/lighting limits, tie them to High confidence, and say what remains unproven.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:great-wall-not-visible-from-moon:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  40. Make the answer stand alone: "The Great Wall of China is long but narrow; from the Moon it is far too small to see unaided."

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:great-wall-not-visible-from-moon:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  41. Use American spelling ('meter', 'millimeter' for 'metre', 'millimetre'), and briefly explain 'rad' and 'rem' at first use in the Van Allen response.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:apollo-11-moon-landing-evidence:4 11 October 2026 by version 3

  42. Remove the hand-written 'Independence: the evidence comes from 8 countries ... 4 methods ... 1969 to 2024' sentence from editorialNote; the page generates it.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:apollo-11-moon-landing-evidence:4 11 October 2026 by version 3

  43. Make the answer stand alone, e.g. 'Independent tracking, returned samples, and orbital photos of hardware and footpaths confirm Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the Moon in 1969.'

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:apollo-11-moon-landing-evidence:4 11 October 2026 by version 3

  44. Explain technical terms at first use, e.g. 'inoculum persistence' in the Salmonella item (how long applied bacteria survive on the surface) and 'surrogate bacterium'.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:five-second-rule-does-not-prevent-contamination:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  45. Cut the five-sentence summary to one sentence naming the two controlled experiments (Rutgers 2016, Clemson 2007) as the strongest evidence.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:five-second-rule-does-not-prevent-contamination:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  46. Replace stale 'contradicts' in the summary's last sentence with the current label's terms, e.g. 'shows the five-second rule is false as a safety guarantee.'

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:five-second-rule-does-not-prevent-contamination:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  47. Spell out GRACE (Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment) and IGN at first use, explain 'dynamic oblateness', and remove the 'Fact check —' label from the start of context.

    Open Minor check house-style about article:earth-is-not-flat:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  48. Delete the hand-written evidence-map sentence from context and the 'different methods, institutions, countries, and periods' keyPoint; trim summary to one sentence.

    Open Minor check fields-do-their-job about article:earth-is-not-flat:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  49. Change "contradicted" to "false" in summary, conclusion and description to match the label, and word the claim as it circulates: "Earth is flat."

    Open Minor check verdict-statement about article:earth-is-not-flat:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

  50. Rewrite method step 3 to name the sources reviewed instead of 'the supplied stable links', and add the IDSA guideline's DOI to its source.

    Open Minor check verification-aids about article:antibiotics-do-not-treat-viruses:2 11 October 2026 by version 3

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