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== Calibration Report - 2026-07-13 ==

'''Reviewer:''' Sovereign
'''Review Type:''' Self-Assessment

=== Summary of Changes ===
* Created this page to define the two-mechanism dependency tracking system: a visible, complete "Calibration Dependencies" section on each page, and a hidden, load-bearing `depends_on` field in Admin Page Status.
* Established the decision rule that the visible section is the authoritative, complete search target during a ripple review; the hidden field is a filtered subset marking urgency, not a separate search target.
* Added the "When a Page Has No Dependencies" convention — pages with no real dependencies must state so explicitly rather than omitting the section, mirroring the existing "Not applicable" convention from [[Template:Admin Page Status/doc]].
* Added Anchor Best Practices as an explicitly-marked working draft — auto-generated heading anchors remain acceptable for now; explicit `<span id="...">` anchors are recommended going forward for high-traffic Core-page targets. This section is flagged for revision once real anchor breakage (or lack thereof) has been observed in practice, and is intended to feed into a future all-pages guideline document not yet built.
* This page carries its own "Calibration Dependencies" section stating it is not itself calibration-dependent, per the convention it defines.

=== Note on Record-Keeping for This Page ===
This page uses Talk page Calibration Reports only — no `/Calibration Log` subpage — consistent with [[Calibration Log: When to Create One]]'s guidance that procedural/governance pages (as opposed to diagnostic or reference-standard content) don't need a separately maintained state summary beyond the latest report.

=== instrument_grade: Development ===
'''calibration_rationale:''' Defines a sound two-mechanism split with the ripple-search decision rule now tightened to avoid redundancy with the earlier draft. Anchor best practices explicitly marked as unsettled rather than finalized from theory. Not yet tested against a real triggered dependency pass across multiple pages.
'''review_confidence:''' Moderate

=== Validation: Low ===
Newly created. Not yet exercised via an actual Core-page change triggering a real ripple search using this process, and not yet used by an independent contributor.

=== Fields Set ===
categorization: Done
calibration_review: Self-Assessment
instrument_grade: Development
validation: Low
review_confidence: Moderate
priority: Core
review_threshold: 60 (tighter than default 90, given this page governs a process still being shaken out)
standing_check: Self-assessed only
depends_on: Template:Admin Page Status; Reference Standards in Abstract Systems; Conceptual Instruments

=== Open Items ===
* Anchor Best Practices section needs revisiting once real anchor links have actually been tested for breakage across a few pages.
* This process needs to be exercised at least once via a real triggered dependency pass (a Core page changes, someone follows this procedure end to end) before Validation can move above Low.
* Feeds into a future "every page guideline" document not yet created — anchor conventions here should be treated as a draft input to that document, not a final standard.
* Next review due in 60 days per `review_threshold`, sooner if a real ripple pass surfaces gaps in the process.

'''See the Game. Refuse the Game. Build Better.'''

[[User:Sovereign|Sovereign]] ([[User talk:Sovereign|talk]]) 09:26, 13 July 2026 (EDT)

== Calibration Report - 2026-07-13 ==

'''Reviewer:''' Sovereign
'''Review Type:''' Self-Assessment

=== Summary of Changes ===
* '''Found and fixed a direct self-contradiction:''' this page's visible Calibration Dependencies section stated "This page is not calibration-dependent on other pages," while its own hidden `depends_on` field simultaneously listed three pages. Per this page's own Decision Rules, the hidden field must be a subset of the visible list — a non-empty subset of an empty list is a logical impossibility. The visible section was corrected to properly list the real dependencies (previously soft-pedaled with "though its reasoning draws on...") rather than asserting independence.
* Corrected `Template:Admin Page Status` to `Template:Admin Page Status/doc` in both the visible section and `depends_on` — every actual reference in this page's content points to the doc subpage, not the bare template.
* Added missing `[[Category:Site Maintenance]]`, matching every sibling governance page built this session.

=== instrument_grade: Development (unchanged) ===
'''calibration_rationale:''' Structurally sound two-mechanism split, ripple-search rule already tightened in a prior pass. This pass caught the page violating its own stated dependency rule on itself — a real, if slightly ironic, finding, and a good demonstration that the rule is checkable and actually gets applied rather than being decorative. Anchor best practices remain an intentionally unfinished working draft. Not yet tested against a real triggered ripple pass across multiple pages.
'''review_confidence:''' High

=== Validation: Low (unchanged) ===
No change in evidence basis — this was an internal consistency fix, not new real-world testing of the ripple-search workflow itself.

=== Fields Changed ===
Calibration Dependencies section: "not calibration-dependent" → proper dependency list
depends_on: Template:Admin Page Status → Template:Admin Page Status/doc (also reordered to match visible list)
Categories: added Site Maintenance
review_confidence: Moderate → High

=== Open Items ===
* Still awaiting a real triggered dependency pass to validate the ripple-search workflow end to end.
* Anchor Best Practices section still flagged for revision once real anchor breakage has been observed in practice.
* Worth noting for the ongoing sweep: this page is a second confirmed instance of the "visible/hidden dependency mismatch" pattern (after none previously found elsewhere) — worth specifically checking other pages' Calibration Dependencies sections against their depends_on fields during the broader sweep, not just canonical-authority claims.

'''See the Game. Refuse the Game. Build Better.'''

[[User:Sovereign|Sovereign]] ([[User talk:Sovereign|talk]]) 13:20, 13 July 2026 (EDT)

== Calibration Report - 2026-07-14 ==

'''Reviewer:''' Sovereign
'''Review Type:''' Self-Assessment

=== Summary of Changes ===
* Added a new formal rule: '''Core-Priority Changes Trigger Mandatory Ripple Review.''' Any substantive edit to a page with `priority = Core` in Admin Page Status must now run `{{#ask: [[Has dependency::PageName]] }}` and list the results under a visible "Ripple Check" heading in the Calibration Report, before the calibration pass is considered complete.
* This closes a real, previously identified gap: existing mechanisms (page revisits, `review_threshold` cycles) depend on someone actively returning to a specific page. They do nothing to catch drift in a foundational definition that other pages inherit without ever re-reading the source — silent propagation through dependency chains rather than active reconsideration.
* '''Motivating case, documented explicitly in the rule's own rationale:''' a real historical example (a single-word legal definition changed with limited scrutiny, propagating unexamined through decades of dependent policy, until courts ultimately ruled accumulated dependency itself justified leaving the change standing regardless of its original legitimacy). This rule exists specifically to prevent that failure mode from having decades to develop unnoticed.
* '''Key design choice:''' the rule does not require every dependent page be reviewed immediately — it requires the '''list of dependents to become visible and permanent''' the moment a Core page changes, so that a failure to follow up is a visible, auditable gap rather than a silent one. This is consistent with the project's standing principle that everything relevant to scrutiny should live directly on the page itself, checkable by simply visiting and reading it — not in a separate system a reviewer has to remember exists.
* Noted the complementary role of email/watchlist notifications (MediaWiki's built-in Special:Preferences notification system) as a second, independent layer — the Ripple Check makes the list visible on-page; notifications get a specific human's attention without requiring them to think to check. Flagged as a pending setup task, not yet confirmed active.

=== instrument_grade / validation ===
This is an addition to [[Calibration Dependencies: Standards and Process]], not a new standalone page — governed by that page's own existing Admin Page Status block. This specific rule is new and unexercised: no Core-priority page has yet been edited under this rule since its adoption, so it has not yet been tested in practice.

=== Open Items ===
* '''Not yet tested:''' no Core-priority edit has been made since this rule was added — first real use will be the actual test of whether the Ripple Check process is followed in practice, not just documented.
* '''Email/watchlist notification setup''' — flagged as needed, not yet confirmed configured or active for Core-priority pages specifically.
* Consider whether "zero dependents returned for a Core page" should itself become a flagged Drift Report condition rather than just a noted observation, once real cases accumulate.

'''See the Game. Refuse the Game. Build Better.'''

[[User:Sovereign|Sovereign]] ([[User talk:Sovereign|talk]]) 03:45, 15 July 2026 (EDT)

== Calibration Report — Calibration Dependencies: Standards and Process — 2026-07-20 (Structural Pre-Cal) ==

* **Page:** [[Calibration Dependencies: Standards and Process]]
* **Summary:** Structural pre-calibration pass. Six nonconformances found and corrected.
* **Reviewer:** Sovereign
* **Review Type:** Self-Assessment (Structural only)

**Summary of Changes:**
* Moved GameModule after the H1 and intro prose.
* Changed to canonical `| Calibration Type =`.
* Corrected Maturity from invalid `Developing` to `Development`.
* Added required inline option comments.
* Corrected mandatory template order.
* Removed duplicate "See the Game..." footer.

**Process Note:**  
Nonconformances were logged before fixes were applied.

**What This Report Does NOT Claim:**  
No content calibration was performed.

'''See the Game. Refuse the Game. Build Better.''' [[User:Sovereign|Sovereign]] ([[User talk:Sovereign|talk]]) 09:14, 20 July 2026 (EDT)