Instructions:Core/Canon Arbitration

Instruction Metadata
id	canon-arbitration
type	core
applies_to	mixed
task_type
priority	critical
status	active
canonical	true
include_by_default	yes
requires	Instructions:World Bible,Instructions:Master Timeline
tags	canon,arbitration,continuity

Summary

Defines how conflicting information is evaluated and resolved across worldbuilding materials.

Canon Hierarchy

1. Instructions:World Bible
2. Established encyclopedia pages
3. High-reliability source pages
4. Medium- or low-reliability source pages
5. Disputed, mythic, fictional, or ◆-marked materials

Rules

• Do not collapse contradictions prematurely.
• Preserve conflicting perspectives in source pages whenever possible.
• Resolve contradictions carefully in encyclopedia pages through neutral synthesis.
• Prefer multi-perspective explanation over false certainty.
• If conflict cannot be resolved cleanly, preserve ambiguity and note it clearly.

Output Modes

• resolved synthesis
• acknowledged ambiguity
• flagged inconsistency