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CYCLE Calibration position — Active Development This page is a conceptual instrument under Permanent Beta. It declares a real calibration position, not a finished product waiting to ship. Checking continues; an edit is only required when evidence demands it. Stage: Seed to Fruit. Feedback welcome — especially clarity, failure modes, and calibration gaps. Use discussion or Contribute.

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Versioning

This page establishes how The Sovereign Games tracks changes and communicates the reliability of its conceptual instruments. This page is the canonical source for `instrument_grade` values — if a different list appears elsewhere, that page is stale and should be corrected to match this one.

Two-Axis Model

Document Version — Tracks content revisions ("Which revision am I looking at?")
instrument_grade — Communicates current calibration trustworthiness ("How reliable is this instrument right now?")

Both are recorded in the

template on every page.

Note on a third, related concept — Calibration Cycle: Version and instrument_grade are not the only things tracked. Calibration Cycle (how many times a page has actually been reviewed) is distinct from both — a page can be reviewed multiple times with no version change, or have its version bumped several times between reviews. There is no separate cycle-count field; the Talk page's Calibration Reports log serves as the cycle record. See Template:Admin Page Status/doc for the full explanation.

Versioning Scheme

0.x → Early development (frequent changes expected)
1.x → Stable working version
2.0+ → Major revision

instrument_grade Levels

Experimental — Very early, high uncertainty, frequent changes
Development — Actively being refined, moderate stability
Confirmed — Self-assessed + reviewed by at least one other calibrator
Field Validated — Tested in real-world use with supporting evidence
Reference Standard Candidate — High confidence, suitable for broad reliance

These levels are implemented via the `instrument_grade` field in Template:Admin Page Status, and via the `Maturity` field in Template:GameModule (public-facing counterpart, same scale — see Template:GameModule/doc for the relationship between the two).

Changelog Practice

Every page should maintain a short Calibration History section (usually in its Calibration Log) that records meaningful changes as calibration events.

Example:

0.1 (2026-07-12) — Initial draft
0.2 (2026-07-12) — Added instrument_grade levels
0.3 (2026-07-13) — Resolved canonical-source conflict with Admin Page Status doc, cross-referenced Calibration Cycle distinction

Calibration Dependencies

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 | Application Layer = Framework Infrastructure
 | Version = 0.3
-| Maturity = Development
+| Maturity = Confirmed
 | Last Updated = 2026-07-13
 | description = This page defines the versioning and instrument grading standards used across The Sovereign Games to maintain traceability, clarity, and honest communication about the maturity and reliability of every module and page.

Type	Meta & Framework
Functional Layer
Application Layer	Framework Infrastructure
Category	Meta & Framework
Version	0.3
Maturity	Confirmed
Last Calibration	2026-07-13
Status	Permanent Beta
Description	This page defines the versioning and instrument grading standards used across The Sovereign Games to maintain traceability, clarity, and honest communication about the maturity and reliability of every module and page.

Title	Versioning
URL	https://www.thesovereigngames.com/wiki/Versioning
Description	Defines the versioning and instrument grading standards used across The Sovereign Games to maintain traceability, clarity, and honest communication about the maturity and reliability of every module and page.
Category	Meta & Framework

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