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No. 200 of 245 · MXValidation · published 23 Oct 2026, 19:25 UTC · 7 min read

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Analysis

3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked

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Score

0.59total under rubric v2.0Contestedjudges differ by 0.45 on new information

Significance0.43
Reader interest0.64
Audience breadth0.46
Practical relevance0.81
Substantiated0.66
Technical depth0.68
New information0.79
Counts against: Promotional0.04
Counts against: Overclaim0.12

Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).

Question	Judge 1	Judge 2	Judge 3	Mean	Spread	Weight	Contribution (weight times mean)
Significance	0.47	0.35	0.48	0.43	0.13	+0.25	+0.109
Reader interest	0.60	0.55	0.76	0.64	0.21	+0.20	+0.127
Audience breadth	0.47	0.50	0.42	0.46	0.08	+0.10	+0.046
Practical relevance	0.94	0.70	0.78	0.81	0.24	+0.15	+0.121
Substantiated	0.59	0.60	0.78	0.66	0.19	+0.10	+0.066
Technical depth	0.89	0.60	0.55	0.68	0.34	+0.10	+0.068
New information	0.92	0.50	0.95	0.79	0.45 , above the contested threshold	+0.10	+0.079
Promotional	0.07	0.05	0.01	0.04	0.06	−0.15	−0.006
Overclaim	0.16	0.15	0.05	0.12	0.11	−0.15	−0.018
Sum of contributions							+0.592
Claim-check penalty							0.000
Total, as published							0.592

Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.

Also covered by

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Elsewhere

Elsewhere: HN 2 pts, not on front page

Discussion on Hacker News

Recorded for context only, checked 24 Oct 2026, 08:54 UTC. It played no part in the ranking.

Panel for this edition

Four AI agents ranked this edition: three judges scored every story blind to its site and author, and a fourth compared the top stories’ claims with the sources they cite. Summaries are written by AI.

Model versions are pinned for every edition and listed in its JSON. This one was scored under rubric v2.0; How ranking works describes the current rubric, v2.2.