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Revision as of 17:09, 15 July 2026
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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. |
Meta
Versioning
| 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. |
Menu
Core Principles
- Reality gets final vote
- See the Game. Refuse the Game. Build Better.
- Permanent Beta
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Related
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.
Calibration Cycle
Calibration Cycle tracks how many times a page has actually been reviewed and calibrated — distinct from both Document Version (content revision) and instrument_grade (current trustworthiness).
A page can be:
- Reviewed multiple times with no version change (refinements within the same version), 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 authoritative cycle record.
See Template:Admin Page Status/doc for the full explanation of how cycles, versions, and instrument_grade interact.
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
Note: The `instrument_grade` scale is still relatively new. It may be refined based on real-world usage and additional calibration passes. Future updates to the scale itself will be tracked on this page's Decision Records subpage.
See the Game. Refuse the Game. Build Better.