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Status — Planned

Technical content update signals

Question

What signal tells a reader that technical content is maintained, without inventing history?

Hypothesis

A 'last reviewed' label plus a visible version edition communicates maintenance more honestly than a publication date alone.

Who it concerns

Readers assessing whether to trust technical material.

Intervention

Every content item carries an editable last-reviewed date and the site carries a current-edition label.

What would be observed

  • Whether reviewers notice the labels
  • Whether an old review date reduces trust more than a missing one

What would count as a useful signal

Reviewers use the review date to decide what to read rather than ignoring it.

Notes

Depends on the content set being reviewed on a real cadence.
trustmaintenance

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