Open Questions & Verification Work
Research Queue
A working desk for cases that need stronger sourcing, clearer classification, better location data, or follow-up before they can be treated as stable public records.
What enters the queue?
Cases enter the queue when a record has limited sources, unclear status, conflicting accounts, weak location data, unresolved conventional explanations, or a classification problem.
This page is not a claim ledger. It is the Compendium's public to-do desk: what needs work, what would improve the record, and which cases should remain provisional.
Queue labels
High PrioritySource NeededOpen Question
High priority usually means the case is public-facing but still needs primary sources, stronger evidence classification, or review before promotion.
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Case follow-up note template
Case ID:
Open question:
What is missing:
Likely source type:
Search terms:
Potential archives:
What would change the evidence tier:
Decision after review: keep / revise / move to ledger / dispute / debunk / remove
Good queue discipline
Do not overpromoteKeep weak records in the Ledger or Queue until the source trail improves.
Track contradictionsConflicting accounts are useful if labeled clearly.
Prefer primary trailsNewspapers, official records, archived pages, books, and first-hand documentation beat repeated summaries.