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* Corrections to name, ASN, class, dates, or death year

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 * Corrections to name, ASN, class, dates, or death year
 * External links to NARA, Find a Grave, newspapers, or published histories
+== Sources and confidence ==
+* Yellow '''Record status: unconfirmed''' banners mean the class-roster match is not high confidence — check those fields before treating them as fact
+* Keep baseline sources under '''Sources''' (roster, NARA, census) and add newspapers, books, or archives when you expand the biography
+* Mark an unsourced claim with <code><nowiki>{{Needs source}}</nowiki></code> (links to the talk page)
+* Prefer a sourced correction over silently deleting a research note; use Talk when two sources disagree
 == Photographs and documents ==
@@ Line 58: / Line 64: @@
 * Social Security numbers or other modern identity numbers
 * Private contact information for living relatives
-* Unsourced claims that a living person committed a crime
+* Unsourced accusations of crime
-Some men born in the 1920s may still be living. Keep those articles factual and modest. Family members who want a page trimmed should contact an administrator.
 == For administrators ==
-Patrol [[Special:RecentChanges]]. Rollback obvious vandalism, block repeat spammers, and protect a page only if it is under sustained attack.
+See [[Patrol]] for rollback, blocks, protection, and upload abuse. Watch [[Special:RecentChanges]] daily when the wiki is public.
 [[Category:Ritchie Boys Wiki]]