Removing unverified facts from the live site
Every fact published on the site after this point required a verified source, not just plausibility — the same standard later applied to the OSG/CapitalOS relationship description.
This entry predates the clarification that OSG and CapitalOS are separate companies under a commercial engagement — see Entry 06. Where this entry describes CapitalOS in terms that could read as an internal OSG product, treat Entry 06 as the current, governing description of the relationship.
What changed
A founder location and an incorporation year were published on the About and Milestones pages. Neither had been confirmed: the location was inferred from session metadata, the year from the current date, not from an actual incorporation record.
Alternatives considered
- Leave both as plausible placeholders until real values were confirmed.
- Soften the language (e.g., 'based in West Africa') rather than remove the claim entirely.
- Remove both immediately and show the gap explicitly.
What was decided
Remove both claims immediately. Replace the incorporation milestone with the verified status (a reserved company name with the Corporate Affairs Commission, distinct from completed incorporation). Leave location unstated pending a real answer.
Why
An unverified claim carries the same institutional risk whether or not it happens to be correct — the standard is verification, not likelihood. Softening the language would have hidden the problem rather than fixed it.
What evidence informed it
Neither claim originated from anything the founder had stated. Both were flagged during a working review of the site's content against what had actually been confirmed.
What happens next
Reviewed the moment a real location or incorporation date is confirmed.
Impact
Every fact published on the site after this point required a verified source, not just plausibility — the same standard later applied to the OSG/CapitalOS relationship description.
Institutional Learning
What every entry is ultimately for — not just recording that something happened, but what changed because it did.
A routine content review surfaced two claims with no verified source.
The site's standard moved from 'plausible unless disproven' to 'unpublished unless verified.'
Every fact on the site after this point had to clear a verification bar before publication, not just a plausibility check.