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EDITORIAL POLICY

Editorial Policy

Source-backed game data, clearly separated from interpretation and advice.

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OpenFront Intel helps players understand OpenFront.io through searchable data, explanations, comparisons, and practical strategy. It is a community-maintained publication and is not operated, approved, or endorsed by OpenFront.io or the OpenFrontIO contributors.

Coverage decisions are based on usefulness, verifiability, and player impact. Neither access to the game project nor a future advertising relationship buys favorable treatment or suppresses a correction.

  • Primary authority: the official OpenFrontIO source code, preferably at a named version or commit, for mechanics, formulas, units, structures, and map inventory.
  • Release notes: the substantive body of an official GitHub Release. Placeholder or test-release text such as “TEST” is not turned into invented patch notes.
  • First-hand checks: reproducible observations in the current game client, used to explain behavior or flag a source-versus-runtime discrepancy.
  • Secondary material: community discussions, videos, or guides may suggest questions but are identified as secondary and are not allowed to override stronger evidence without explanation.

Structured game data in src/data is generated from a local OpenFrontIO source snapshot by scripts/extract-game-data.mjs rather than hand-edited. The extraction metadata records the upstream version and generation time. Generated values can still be stale or incomplete if the source snapshot or extractor lags behind the live game.

A copied value is not the finished editorial product. Pages should add context: what the number controls, how values compare, the assumptions behind a formula, practical consequences, version limits, and links to the relevant source where practical. Facts, calculations, inferences, and strategic opinions should be distinguishable from one another.

  • State the applicable game version or last verification date when a rule can change between releases.
  • Test formulas and worked examples, keep units consistent, and avoid presenting rounded estimates as exact source values.
  • Use specific source paths, commits, releases, or reproducible steps where practical instead of relying on unattributed claims.
  • Revisit high-impact pages after upstream releases and visibly qualify content that has not yet been checked against the newest version.
  • Do not publish a translation until terminology, links, numerical values, and meaning have been checked for that language version.

Automated extraction, analysis, drafting, and translation tools may assist the project. Their output is not treated as an authority by itself. The maintainers remain responsible for the published page and should verify factual claims against cited primary sources, review translations in context, and disclose material uncertainty.

The five language versions aim to communicate the same facts, but wording and examples may be adapted for clarity. If translations conflict, the primary source—not an English page by default—decides the factual question.

Anyone can report an error through the OpenFront Intel issue tracker. A useful correction identifies the page, disputed text or value, applicable game version, and supporting source. Maintainers review the evidence, reproduce the issue where possible, then correct the page or document why no change was made.

Material corrections should update the page date or carry a short note where practical. Small spelling and formatting fixes may be made silently. Generated-data errors are fixed in the extractor or source snapshot rather than by manually editing generated JSON.

Quoted or derived material is attributed and used under its applicable licence. Contributors must not submit plagiarized text, unlicensed images, or fabricated evidence. OpenFront Intel content follows the licence stated by the site unless an item says otherwise.

The site does not currently serve Google AdSense ads. If advertising, sponsorship, affiliate links, or provided review access is introduced, it will be disclosed and kept separate from source selection and conclusions. Advertising placement does not change the correction standard.

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