VERIFIED
Confirmed game information.
Information confirmed from current in-game evidence or a trusted current source. This is the strongest label for factual mechanics, skills, positions, costs, dates, or other claims that can be checked directly.
TRUST STANDARD
Know how certain the information is.
The World of Ants is designed to give players useful information without pretending every answer is equally certain. Every important recommendation should show what kind of evidence supports it.
Core rule: when the evidence is incomplete, we say so. We do not fill gaps by guessing.
PLAYER TESTED
Repeatable practical results.
A recommendation supported by controlled or repeated player testing. Player Tested is not the same as a game rule; it tells you that practical results support the conclusion under the tested conditions.
UNDER REVIEW
Promising, but not ready to treat as settled.
The information may come from a credible source, early testing, or a new game change, but it still needs confirmation, more testing, or reconciliation with other evidence.
NEEDS MORE DATA
We do not have enough evidence yet.
The site deliberately withholds a firm instruction when current mechanics, costs, restrictions, identities, or results are not sufficiently verified. This is where more screenshots or testing are needed.
HOW TO READ A RECOMMENDATION
Facts, testing, and account-specific advice are different things.
DOLLY'S RULE
Confidence should change the answer.
HIGH CONFIDENCE
Use verified mechanics and well-supported lineup evidence to give a clear practical answer.
PARTIAL CONFIDENCE
Explain what is known, what is inferred, and what should be tested before spending scarce resources.
INSUFFICIENT DATA
Ask for the missing information or mark the topic Needs More Data instead of inventing certainty.
CURRENT EXAMPLE
Destarring and resource recovery remain Needs More Data.
Those decisions can affect scarce resources. Until the current costs, restrictions, returns, and exceptions are verified, The World of Ants should explain the uncertainty but not publish step-by-step instructions as settled fact.
KNOWLEDGE INTAKE
Confidence depends on what Dolly actually knows.
The knowledge intake tracks the mechanics that still need screenshots, testing, or current verification before Dolly should use them in resource-sensitive advice.
TWO DIFFERENT STATUS QUESTIONS
Evidence confidence and page freshness are related, but not identical.
Evidence confidenceVerified, Player Tested, Under Review, or Needs More Data describes how strong the underlying evidence is.
Page freshnessVerified, Under Review, Needs Update, or Archived describes whether the published page is current and ready to rely on.
A page can contain Player Tested evidence and still be current, or it can contain previously verified information that later moves to Needs Update. TAUKS should show both concepts separately when the distinction matters.