How answers are checked
Every page says how far it has been checked, fact by fact. This page explains the labels and their limits.
Three states for every fact
| A stated fact | A value, the source and section it comes from, and the exact words of the source. A script confirms that those words appear, word for word, in the official text, and the page shows the date that text was retrieved: “Wording matched the official text retrieved 2026-11-05”. |
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| None set | The bylaw that was read sets no such rule, for example no fixed quiet hours. An absence cannot be quoted, so it is not matched to text; it rests on the reading of the bylaw. |
| Not confirmed | The fact could not be established, and the page says why: the official copy is a scanned image, the site could not be opened, the sources do not state it, or it was not found. |
On the pages published today: 20,151 stated facts (20,151 matched to official text), 612 confirmed as not set, and 1,285 not confirmed. The last full matching run was on 2026-11-12.
Page labels
| Checked against official text | The wording behind the page's stated facts has been matched by script. No person has reviewed the page yet. |
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| Reviewed by a person | A person has read the page against its sources. 0 of 3,464 published answers carry this label today. |
| Draft | Not yet matched or reviewed. Zone pages are drafts. |
What a match does and does not show
- A match shows the quoted words are in the official document. It does not show the plain-language value reads those words correctly, or that no exception elsewhere changes the answer. That needs a person.
- Bylaws are amended and fee schedules change, often on January 1. The date on each fact is the date its official text was retrieved, not a promise that it is current. Sources are fetched again and re-matched on a schedule; a quote that no longer matches sends the page back for review.
- Consolidated bylaws can lag behind recent amendments. Where two official sources disagree, the page follows the bylaw and says so.
What is published
Only answers with a fact sheet are published, and only when fewer than 50% of the blanks are “Not confirmed”. 9,967 drafted answers are held back until they pass the same check.
Measured accuracy
A person has not yet audited a random sample of published facts. When that is done, the sample size and the error rate will be reported here.