How we verify
TRB EDC Wiki documents product families, configurations, materials and mechanisms using attributed source material and archive records. This page explains how evidence is assessed, what update dates mean, and where the archive’s coverage ends.
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Sources and inclusion
The Wiki draws on maker publications, documented product information and photographs checked against the item being described. Our market archive contains imported, source-reported auction results for second-hand EDC. Those records report a sale at the source; they do not independently establish final payment, delivery or the absence of a later refund. A current listing or asking price is not a recorded sale.
Entries need enough evidence to identify the relevant maker, product family, configuration or material context. Similar names alone do not establish a match. A photograph can support an observation about appearance without proving a mechanism, alloy composition, production quantity or compatibility. Conflicting identities remain unresolved until the evidence supports a specific interpretation.
Verified structure and source claims
We use verified structure for a mechanism or component relationship supported by inspected evidence for the identified configuration. The scope matters: evidence for one configuration does not verify every edition in a family, and a mechanism description is not a claim that every physical example has been independently handled or tested.
A maker, supplier or seller statement remains a source claim when it has not been independently corroborated. We attribute such statements rather than convert them into measured facts. Trade names and visual resemblance do not establish exact material composition. Automated name matching is a research aid, not proof of product identity.
What Page updated means
Page updated records maintenance of that page. An update may add or correct factual content, improve a caption, repair a link, or change navigation and presentation. It is not a claim that every source or transaction on the page was refreshed on that date.
Publication dates, page-maintenance dates, source dates and archive coverage describe different events. A card timestamp follows the linked page, not the date of a new transaction. Updates follow available evidence and review; there is no promised daily, weekly or real-time refresh schedule.
Limits of the record
An unknown release year stays unknown. The first recorded auction appearance is not a launch date, and a material or colour description does not by itself establish a separately named edition. Missing documentation is not proof that an item never existed.
Recorded auction results describe the archive and the stated observation period, not all market activity. Source coverage, missing records, currency, condition and uncertain product matches can change a comparison. Counts, asking prices and historical auction results do not guarantee a current market value or the price of a future sale. We keep those limits visible instead of presenting incomplete coverage as the whole market.