References & Research Standards
Build the record from evidence.
Kansas Ultrarunners is designed as a historical resource. Source strength, attribution, uncertainty, and corrections matter as much as collecting information.
Source categories
Use the strongest available evidence.
- Race results
Published and authorized race-result data can support participation, performance, chronology, and documented connections. - Historical sources
Race records, archived sites, publications, newsletters, photographs, and other contemporary records can support runner histories. - Runner-confirmed information
Firsthand information supplied by a runner may be valuable and should be labeled appropriately rather than automatically treated as independently verified. - Independent verification
When a stronger verification designation is used, the evidence standard should be stated clearly and separated from ordinary documentation. - Corrections and new evidence
Runner histories may evolve as better sources, missing results, corrections, and newly discovered historical evidence become available.
Editorial standard
Do not manufacture certainty where certainty does not exist.
Distinguish documented fact, firsthand recollection, independent verification, interpretation, and unresolved questions whenever that distinction matters.
Connected Resources
Separate properties, one broader Kansas record.
Umbrella archive
Kansas Ultrarunning History
The broader archive connecting people, races, organizations, results, and historical sources.
Sister resource
Kansas Ultra Races
The race-focused supporting property in the same archival network.
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