Editorial Standards & Source Methodology

EricSpringstun.com is being built as a source-conscious personal archive. The goal is to make information easier to evaluate by separating verified facts, party positions, court actions, commentary, and material that is still awaiting confirmation.

1. Verify before publishing

Biographical details such as education, dates, institutions, credentials, and other background information should be checked before they are presented as established facts. Where verification is incomplete, the site uses clear placeholders rather than filling gaps with assumptions.

2. Distinguish arguments from rulings

In litigation material, a party filing is identified as a party filing. A court order is identified as a court order. An appellate argument is not described as an appellate holding unless the court actually adopted it.

3. Preserve chronology

Dates matter. Later orders, appeals, rehearing proceedings, nonsuits, dismissals, reinstatements, and other developments can materially change how an earlier event should be understood. Timeline pages will be updated as later events are verified.

4. Prefer primary sources

Where practical, summaries should point to the filing, order, opinion, administrative record, or other source that supports the statement. Third-party summaries may be useful for discovery, but they should not replace the underlying record when the source is available.

5. Correct the record transparently

If a factual error is identified, the preferred response is to correct it and, when useful, note the update. Accuracy is more valuable than preserving an earlier version simply because it was published first.