How to Read an Entry
A JB wiki entry is built to answer two questions at the same time. First, what is the concept and why does JB think it matters? Second, how strong is the support for the claims being made on the page?
If you only read the prose, you will miss part of the answer. The entry structure is designed so the prose, the evidence tags, the verification badge, the SCR references, and the sources all work together as one system.
What This Page Explains
This page walks through the anatomy of a standard wiki entry. It explains what the opening is doing, what the body sections are doing, what the badges mean, and how to interpret the evidence and citation layers without confusing them.
It is the literal second page to read in this category because it turns the rest of the wiki into something legible.
Core Explanation
Most standard wiki entries follow the same visible pattern. There is an opening paragraph, a core explanation section, a practical translation section, an evidence section, an SCR references panel, and a sources section. Some clinical pages also include a "When to See a Veterinarian" section.
The opening tells you what the concept is in plain language. The next prose sections explain the concept in more depth and then translate it into the practical realities of raising a dog. The evidence section tells you what support exists, where the gaps are, and whether the support is canine-direct, cross-species, observational, or interpretive.
Inside that structure there are two different badge systems doing two different jobs.
The evidence tag is about claim strength. A badge like Documented or Heuristic tells you how strongly a specific claim can be stated. This is about confidence and rhetorical ceiling.
The verification badge is about citation integrity. A badge like Verified or Partially Verified tells you whether JB has personally walked the primary-source chain for the SCR references cited by the entry. This is about auditability, not whether the claim is true in some abstract sense.
These two axes are not interchangeable. A page can discuss a strong documented finding while still having a citation chain that is pending verification. A page can also present a heuristic interpretation honestly and still have a clean verified citation chain for the sources it uses to frame that interpretation.
The SCR references panel is the bridge between the page and the Scientific Claims Register. It shows which SCR entries the page is leaning on. The sources section is the outward-facing bibliography for the studies and publications that informed the page. Together, those sections let a skeptical reader reconstruct the chain rather than take the prose on trust.
When a page uses evidence from another species, the species boundary matters. The honest question is not just "is this documented?" The honest question is "documented in what species, and how strong is the bridge into canine application?" Good pages keep those two steps separate.
How to Use This
When you read a page, move in this order.
First, read the opening and the first main section to understand the concept JB is naming. Second, check the evidence tags attached to the claims that matter most. Third, look at the verification badge to see whether the citation chain has been personally walked. Fourth, read the evidence section and the SCR references to see how the page is supporting itself. Fifth, use the sources section if you need to go deeper.
If you are using the wiki professionally, do not skip the badge layer. A page can look polished and still be making a heuristic bridge. The visible discipline is part of the content, not decoration around it.
If you are using the wiki with an LLM, make sure the model keeps the evidence tag and the verification status separate in any summary it produces. Collapsing them into a single "confidence" idea creates error.
See Also
Sources or Governing References
- Internal authority: Wiki Specification sections governing the standard page spine, evidence layering, and badge behavior.
- Verification semantics: HWW Section 5.3.
- Public examples: any standard topical entry with visible evidence tags, a verification badge, SCR references, and a Sources section.