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Editorial policy
Last updated 9 November 2026
This is how the facts on GlobeCooks are collected, checked and corrected. For the sources themselves, see credits and licences.
Who is responsible
GlobeCooks is edited by Roast Master (a pen name). The editor decides what is published and is responsible for the written guides and for corrections. More about the editor is on the About page.
Every fact has a source
Each fact is stored with where it came from, when, and how it was obtained: imported from a dataset, extracted from a document, or written by us. Records are only added, never overwritten, so the history of a fact stays.
Where two sources disagree, we keep both and mark the fact as disputed. We do not quietly pick a winner. Unknown is not the same as no: a missing diet or allergen flag stays unknown and is never treated as a negative.
Safety facts
Allergens, preparation hazards and regulatory status need a top-tier source, such as a government or regulator publication, or two independent sources that agree. A single machine-extracted claim is not enough. Diet and allergen notes describe the plain ingredient, not any product, and are not medical advice. Notes that an editor has not yet reviewed say so on the page.
How we use AI
AI tools draft only from sources that were retrieved and cited. Each extracted claim keeps a short quote and a pointer to where it was found, and a separate checking step tests the claim against that quote. Anything an AI suggests without a source is treated as a lead and is not published until a source confirms it.
AI never produces the numbers we publish. Nutrition values come only from USDA data. Our descriptions and notes are written fresh in our own words and checked so that they do not copy their sources.
Wikipedia
We read Wikipedia for research. We never copy its text. Where a fact rests on a Wikipedia article, it is only a fact outside safety, and only after the claim was found in the article and checked. We publish it in our own words.
Licences
- Wikidata is released under CC0 (public domain dedication).
- USDA FoodData Central is a US government work in the public domain.
- Photos come from Wikimedia Commons under their own licences, and each one is credited to its photographer.
- We do not use data sources whose licences forbid commercial use or would bind the whole database, because the site carries ads.
Corrections
If you find a mistake, tell us once the contact page is open (it is coming soon). A correction is added as a new, sourced record and reviewed; the old record is kept in the history rather than erased. Safety corrections are looked at first.
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