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Verification

A story about Kurds often reads differently in Kurmanji, Sorani, Arabic, Persian or Turkish. Verification compares several outlets before a story is shown.

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Verification

A story about Kurds often reads differently in Kurmanji, Sorani, Arabic, Persian or Turkish. Verification compares several outlets before a story is shown.

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Academy128 courses, 128 open for enrolmentCivic3 campaigns, 6 programmesHeritage70 days to keep, 34 chronology entriesNews80 approved sources, no confirmed events yetCommunity Cellsforming. No Chapter is recognised yet
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verified
Verify, add a source or report
Help check this value

What happens next. A steward reads your note and checks the source. The page changes only after that. You are not named.

What it offers

4
Several outlets

Each story is shown with several outlets, never one.

Across languages

Reports are compared across Kurdish varieties and other languages.

Ownership in view

Each outlet's label is shown beside its headline.

Headlines and links

Only headlines and links are shown; the full story stays with the outlet.

Descriptive only: nothing runs before the state says so.

Who it is for

4 audiences
ReadersJournalistsResearchersCommunity Cells

How it works

1
Gather: headlines come from outlets in the register.
2
Compare: reports of the same event are grouped.
3
Check: claims that differ are marked as differing.
4
Show: the story appears with every outlet and its label.

More in News and events

2 programmes
News from many outlets, each labelled by who owns it. Several outlets per story, never one, and corrections are logged in public.

Key

labels and checks
  • verifiedA figure or claim read at its primary source by a steward or checkers from at least two communities.
  • secondaryA figure or claim cited through a reviewed work rather than read at its primary source.
  • to verifyA figure or claim whose source has not yet been read; it stays in the verification queue.
  • unknownNo source yet. We show unknown, not a guess.
A steward checks the source before anything changes. You are not named.
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