Grades
How we grade a piece
We grade the piece, never the person. Every score is a count of something a reader can recount from the published page. A grade with no evidence string is invalid and must not be published. A piece can be sourced and still argue badly, so the fallacies a piece leans on are scored separately from the citations it supplies.
| Dimension | Weight | Question it answers |
|---|---|---|
| Citation specificity | 25% | For each historical claim, does the piece tell the reader publication, date, and page? |
| Quotation fidelity | 20% | When the piece quotes, can the reader find and check the quotation? |
| Claim–evidence match | 18% | Does the cited page actually say what the piece says it says? |
| Context completeness | 12% | Is the surrounding passage and the strongest opposing evidence present? |
| Correction behaviour | 10% | When the piece was wrong, is that visible to the reader? |
| Fallacy discipline | 15% | Does the argument rest on named fallacies, and how much weight are they carrying, in claims of fact (historical, institutional, or about named persons)? |
Bands: A 90–100 — Claims are checkable at a glance; quotation and context are intact.; B 80–89 — Well sourced. Weakness is presentation of context, not the sourcing itself.; C 70–79 — Some claims traceable, some asserted. A reader cannot verify the piece without doing the work themselves.; D 60–69 — Sources named but not locatable; the reader is asked to trust the writer.; F 0–59 — Substantial claims about contested history with no locatable source.
Published grades
| Grade | Piece | Length | Citation · Fidelity · Match · Context · Correction · Fallacy | Citation evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F 58.0 | Fulcrum7 Another Gospel? The Rise of Social Justice within Adventism (Part 1) | 2961 words | 3/4 · 3/4 · 2/4 · 3/4 · 1/4 · 1/4 | 2,961 words. Thirty-one scripture references with chapter and verse. Five page references to named works (The Desire of Ages pp.504 and 403; The Ministry of Healing p.141; Fault Li |
| D 61.8 | Fulcrum7 Another Gospel? The Rise of Social Justice within Adventism (Part 2) | 3013 words | 3/4 · 3/4 · 2/4 · 3/4 · 1/4 · 2/4 | 3,013 words. Forty-two scripture references with chapter and verse. Five dated or editorial citations in the form (work, year): 3ABN 2026; Salem Books 2021; 'Earnestly Praying |
| F 38.0 | Fulcrum7 When SDA Leaders Finally Apologize | 2173 words | 2/4 · 1/4 · 1/4 · 2/4 · 1/4 · 2/4 | 2,173 words. The piece dates its five cases (April 13, 2014; May 2005 / August 15, 2005; February 2003; June 20, 2015) and names the bodies involved, and it draws an accurate disti |
| F 43.8 | Fulcrum7 LLUH Women's Spiritual Retreat Brings Mysticism to Attendees | 840 words | 2/4 · 2/4 · 2/4 · 2/4 · 1/4 · 1/4 | 840 words. One page reference, to Voskamp's book ('Voskamp: 122'). Six named works with links, but the quality is uneven: a Christian Research-style commentary, the |
| F 47.5 | Fulcrum7 Mass Illegal Migration and the Great Controversy | 1508 words | 2/4 · 2/4 · 3/4 · 3/4 · 1/4 · 0/4 | 1,508 words. Eight scripture references carry chapter and verse, which any reader can open (Exodus 22:2; Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 17:26; Exodus 22:21; Leviticus 19:33-34; Revelation |
| F 53.2 | Fulcrum7 A Religious Tsunami is Forming in America--Socialism | 1319 words | 2/4 · 3/4 · 3/4 · 2/4 · 1/4 · 1/4 | 1,319 words. One page reference, to a named work (Education, p. 228.2). Two external links: a Wall Street Journal essay attributed to John Ellis, and an Amazon listing for The Brea |
In progress
- Fulcrum7: OneVoice27, Two Streams! — scored on 2 of 5 dimensions; not published until all five are.
Response and corrections
A grade is published the way a review is published: the rubric and the evidence behind every score are on this page, and anyone graded may respond at any time. Responses are published alongside the grade, unedited, and a correction of us gets the same treatment in the corrections ledger. A grade is an opinion about sourcing, expressed as a count that a reader can recount on the page itself; it is not a claim about a person.