Editorial Policy

Meridian publishes educational research and market-structure explainers alongside its data platform. This page explains who writes that content, how AI is involved, how facts are sourced, and what happens when we get something wrong.

1. Who Writes Meridian Content

Articles are published under the byline Meridian Research team. That is deliberate. Meridian's content is the collective output of the team operating the platform and its research tooling, and an honest organizational byline beats invented personal authors. We do not create fictional writer personas, stock-photo headshots, or fabricated credentials. If an individual author is ever credited by name, that person exists and did the work.

2. How AI Is Involved

AI-assisted research and drafting, human-reviewed before publication. That is our standing disclosure, and it means what it says. We use AI systems to research topics, structure drafts, and check claims against sources. A human reviews every article before publication and is accountable for what ships.

AI assistance never lowers the sourcing bar: a claim either traces to a verifiable source, or it does not go out.

3. Sourcing Standards

• Every factual claim must trace to a verifiable public source: official filings and disclosure portals (SEC EDGAR, House and Senate disclosure systems, FINRA), primary datasets, peer-reviewed research, or named reputable publications.
• Citations link to the original source wherever practical.
• We do not publish invented statistics, and we do not dress estimates up as measurements. If we cannot re-derive a number, we do not print it.
• Where evidence is thin or contested, the article says so.

4. Dates on Articles

Every Knowledge Base article shows a Last reviewed date — the most recent date a human reviewed or updated it. Articles that have been updated since first publication also show their original Published date. Figures inside an article reflect the sources available as of the Last reviewed date; live data on signal pages moves independently of articles.

5. Corrections

When we find a factual error — or a reader reports one — we correct the article and update its Last reviewed date. For material errors (a wrong number that changes the article's conclusion, a misattributed filing), we note the correction in the article itself, saying what changed.

Report errors to [email protected] with a link to the article. We would rather fix it than defend it.

6. Independence

We do not accept payment for coverage. There are no sponsored articles, no paid placements in rankings or signals, and no advertiser influence — Meridian runs no ads. What the data shows is never edited for commercial reasons.

7. Education, Not Advice

Meridian is not an investment adviser, and nothing we publish is a recommendation to buy or sell any security or asset. Every article carries a standing disclaimer to that effect. Where our data comes from and how to verify it is documented in the methodology. The legal detail lives in the Terms of Service.