Role
The Editorial Desk is the accountable organizational author for Cathay Codex. It researches primary game sources, checks museum object records, writes claim limits, reviews rights notes, and maintains dated revisions.
It is not presented as an individual expert, academic department, museum, or Game Science representative. That boundary is explicit so readers and search systems can evaluate the source honestly.
Review responsibilities
Every article should distinguish what is official, what is directly visible, what is supported by historical material, and what remains editorial interpretation. Active game facts are checked against project-owned sources before publication.
Historical material is reviewed for date, medium, provenance, and regional limits. A motif is not described as universal when the evidence supports only a particular object or later tradition.
Revision record
The byline links to a corrections policy and a visible update date. Material changes should enter the relevant page history instead of disappearing behind a generic last-updated label.
The desk may leave a question unanswered. Preserving an unknown status is preferable to filling a page with an unsupported mechanic, release date, or story connection.
Scope of expertise
Cathay Codex specializes in source organization and comparative visual reading for players. It is a reference publisher, not a substitute for a critical edition, museum catalogue, language specialist, or official game source.
Where deeper authority is required, pages point outward to the developer, museum collection, dated object, or scholarly source that readers should consult next.