The Editorial Desk
Where Every Number Comes From
A source hierarchy, a rule against citing ourselves, and a stated procedure for when two official documents disagree.
Question a FigureThe Source Hierarchy
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1 · The regulation
Government instruments set the statutory figures. PP No. 36/2024 is the source for park fees, not a summary of it.
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2 · The park authority
Balai Taman Nasional Komodo for quotas, sessions, opening arrangements and the booking system.
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3 · Operator-published
Boat prices come from the operator’s own published rates, cited with the date they were checked.
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4 · Direct observation
Route lengths, trail conditions and what the ranger post actually has, checked on the ground.
Why We Do Not Cite Ourselves
A figure is not more true because it appears twice on this site. Self-citation manufactures the appearance of corroboration where none exists, so a claim published on one page is never treated as evidence for the same claim on another.
When a number changes, it changes at the source and every page carrying it is updated from that source rather than from each other.
When Sources Conflict
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The instrument wins
A regulation outranks a summary of it, and both outrank an operator’s restatement.
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Show the conflict
Both figures are published with their dates, so the reader can see the disagreement rather than inherit our guess.
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Date everything
A figure without a check date cannot be assessed for staleness, which makes it useless six months later.
Frequently Asked Questions
Check Our Working
Every figure on this site should be traceable. If one is not, that is a fault worth reporting.