Understanding answers
Understanding answers
Answer statuses
Every Q&A entry on RiftJudge carries a status badge that tells you how much to trust the answer. Status reflects the community verification lifecycle — not AI confidence.
Three status badges
AI-generated answer that has not been confirmed by the community. Read the references — they are your evidence. Treat the answer as a starting point, not a ruling.
An arbiter has confirmed the answer is correct — either as the original AI response or after an approved community edit replaced it. The strongest trust signal RiftJudge offers.
Outdated or wrong. An arbiter deprecated it with a reason (shown as a comment). Read-only — voting, comments, and new proposals are closed.
FAQ #{id} naming
In the app, each Q&A entry appears as FAQ #{id} in breadcrumbs and metadata. Both migrated legacy entries and new web-submitted questions use this naming — for example, FAQ #8598.
Under review mark
A separate, quieter mark can appear next to the status badge:
Under review means the question has been flagged for arbiter review (vote score ≤ −3 or a user filed a Flag). It is not a status — the status badge keeps its real value (verified, unverified, …). Flagged questions stay visible on community feeds; the mark just tells readers an arbiter is looking at it.
Flagged for review
When a question's vote score drops to −3 or below, or a user files a Flag, it is flagged for arbiter review. Flagging does not change the status badge — a verified answer can still be flagged if the community downvotes it.
Arbiters decide whether to dismiss, request a fix, or deprecate the answer. See The review queue for how arbiters handle flagged items.
How verification works
| Path | Result |
|---|---|
| Verify | Arbiter confirms the AI answer is correct without changes → status becomes verified |
| Approve proposal | Arbiter accepts a community correction that replaces the answer → status becomes verified |
See Verify & approve for the full queue mechanics.
Rules v{X}
Each answer records the core rules version that was in effect when it was generated. Older answers may reference earlier wording of a rule.
Votes & comments
Community voting tracks trust; Voting & comments covers the full mechanics. Comments are flat, chronological, and immutable once posted.