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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-11 · 32 entries checked · 15 flagged · 31 issues confirmed · 15 corrected · 16 still open
African traditional medicine — The claim that traditional medicine was the main form of healthcare 'before Europeans arrived and brought evidence-based medicine' is misleading because evidence-based medicine as a formal concept developed much later, and European colonial medicine was not in
African traditional medicine — The claim that practitioners can treat Ebola is not supported by established medical canon; no traditional African medicine has been scientifically proven to cure Ebola, and the World Health Organization does not recognize it as a treatment for Ebola.
Archaeoastronomy — The term 'archaeoastronomy' was advanced by Elizabeth Chesley Baity in 1973, following a suggestion by Euan MacKie
Archaeoastronomy — The 1981 Oxford conference sponsored by the International Astronomical Union resulted in proceedings published as two volumes due to differing methodologies
Biological Diversity Act, 2002 — The entry states 'State Biodiversity Boards have been created in 28 states' and '31,574 Biological management committees', but the actual number of State Biodiversity Boards is 29 (including 28 states and 1 union territory), and the figure of 31,574 for Biodiv
Cognitive justice — The entry states that Robert Dussey spoke at the United Nations General Assembly on September 4th 2026, which is a future date and cannot be a verified historical fact.
Cognitive justice — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section claims that in 2026, Togo's foreign minister Robert Dussey used cognitive justice to argue for the Equal Earth map projection at the UN General Assembly, which is unverifiable and likely fabricated due to the future date.
Erie Stone — The entry states that Erie Stones were first recorded in the 1640s by François Gendron, but the widely-known historical record indicates that Gendron's correspondence describing the stones is from 1648, not the entire decade of the 1640s, and his published acc
Ethnobiology — The entry states that interest in local biological knowledge began when Europeans started colonizing other parts of the world in the 15th century, which is an oversimplification; the systematic study is more commonly associated with the 16th century onward.
Ethnobiology — The entry attributes a quote about Europeans looking for resources to Paul Sillitoe without providing a specific source or verification, making it an unsubstantiated attribution.
Ethnobotany — The claim that John William Harshberger conducted research in North Africa and Scandinavia is not supported by established biographical records.
Ethnobotany — The statement that Carl Linnaeus in 1732 systematically asked the Sami people about their ethnological usage of plants is inaccurate; his expedition was primarily a natural history survey with limited ethnobotanical focus.
First Nations Australian traditional custodianship — The phrase 'yanama budyari gumada' is not a known Dharug language phrase; the correct Dharug phrase for 'walk with good spirit' is typically given as 'yana budyari gumada' (without the extra 'ma' in 'yanama').
First Nations Australian traditional custodianship — The 2021 Australian federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water report did not exist under that exact name in 2021; the department was then called the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (DAWE), and the cited defini
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