Charitology

Research history

Current published edition

Scope of the Depth Census knowledge claim

As recorded by . This is a dated public record of drafts, changes, sources and review declarations. A page, checksum or merged pull request does not establish a scientific result or independent review.

Edition
edition:2026-10-27-initial
Edition checksum
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Projection checksum
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Period
inclusive to exclusive.
Starting baseline
Unknown before the recorded capture. Present states are not backdated to January.

JSON retains the complete pinned edition. CSV covers every recorded event in this edition; view filters do not change either download.

Recorded activity and qualification

  • 43Stable records
  • 45Subject versions
  • 43Recorded events
  • 0Review declarations
  • 0Subjects with qualifying source review
  • 0Peer-reviewed manuscripts
  • 0Qualifying research results
  • 1Editorial correction artifacts
  • 2Changed claim subjects
  • 23Open problems
  • 0Partially resolved problems
  • 0Solved problems
  • 0Problems under review
  • 0Unresolved challenges

Qualification follows the exact recorded public declarations. The ledger cannot establish identity, independence, source reading or truth by itself. Editorial corrections, proposed methods and software checks are separate from qualifying research results.

Coverage and limits

40 source entries are covered by this edition. Claim-level records cover only their selected wording and context; they do not qualify a whole manuscript. Source-derived case labels describe the published summaries, not Charitology fieldwork or charity ratings.

  • This initial capture establishes current draft coverage, not a known January baseline or an earlier status history.
  • The one PR-backed artifact is an editorial correction to two claim subjects; it is not a scientific result, independent review or problem resolution.
  • Source-derived case descriptions and manuscript bylines do not establish performed Charitology fieldwork or documented complete human authorship.
  • Public GitHub observations describe only the named objects at their recorded inspection time. An empty returned review list is not proof about reviews elsewhere.

Entry links open the present site. The separate pinned source text retains this edition’s exact archived bytes.

Scope of the Depth Census knowledge claim · Bounded claim · version 2
Source review: draft

claim:depth-census-knowledge

  • No current qualifying whole-entry source/framing review is recorded.

Qualification follows the exact recorded public declarations. The ledger cannot establish identity, independence, source reading or truth by itself.

Versions and exact subjects

Version entries 1–2

Version 2: Scope of the Depth Census knowledge claim

Current subject in this edition

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Version checksum
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Authorship declaration
unknown; completeness unknown.

Bounded claim · not-applicable · parent problem:the-depth-census

Charitology’s founding hypothesis, [the Symptom Trap](/diagnosis/symptom-trap/), says the charity system is weighted toward symptoms. Charitology has not established the current mix. If the hypothesis is wrong, the field should be the first to say so. The census would supply a descriptive baseline. Deciding whether a mix is appropriate also requires an explicit standard tied to the goals being considered.
Exact selected context
Why it matters
Pinned source capture
  • src/content/problems/the-depth-census.md · selected claim (depth-census-knowledge-v1)
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Version 1: Scope of the Depth Census knowledge claim

Historical subject; retained for the record

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Authorship declaration
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Bounded claim · not-applicable · parent problem:the-depth-census

Charitology’s founding hypothesis, [the Symptom Trap](/diagnosis/symptom-trap/), says the charity system is weighted toward symptoms. Nobody has checked. If the hypothesis is wrong, the field should be the first to say so. If it’s right, the census gives every later effort a baseline to move.
Exact selected context
Why it matters
Pinned source capture
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Exact version fields and declaration references
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Timeline in recorded order

Public occurrence time and ledger recording time are different. A coverage baseline records what was present at capture; it does not invent an earlier history.

Events 1–1

Coverage baseline

Recorded order
41; sequence 1 for this record.
Public occurrence
Undated / no earlier occurrence asserted · undated
Recorded in ledger

Capture the corrected claim as the current baseline while retaining its archived predecessor. The later-listed editorial artifact records the actual PR merge; this baseline does not invent an earlier ledger receipt.

Observed baseline: version 2.

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    Review declarations

    No public review declaration is recorded for this subject in this edition.

    Dated public metadata observations

    These observations record only the displayed metadata at inspection. A merge, closed issue or empty review list does not establish research or independent review.

    github-pull-request · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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    github-pull-request · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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    github-review-list · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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    github-issue · 2026-10-27T08:20:16.587Z

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    Corrections stay public

    This ledger reads checked-in public evidence. It does not read private browser registers, publish a local result, assign reviewers or rate charities. New evidence and corrections enter through the repository’s public contribution process.

    How to contribute or challenge a claim