Sources, authorship, and review
Editorial Policy
King James Bible Fellowship publishes Scripture-reading tools, attributed historical reference material, factual research, and original Bible-study writing. This policy explains how those categories are identified and how original material is reviewed.
Four distinguishable kinds of material
- Scripture: King James Bible text is identified as Scripture and is not presented as original editorial writing.
- Quoted or historical sources: Dictionary definitions, historical quotations, concordance material, and similar source wording are attributed to the identified work.
- Factual or historical claims: Material claims about history, editions, language, people, institutions, usage, or statistics receive source support when verification is reasonably needed.
- Original analysis or interpretation: Explanation, synthesis, doctrinal reasoning, conclusions, and organization are identified as editorial work.
Scripture and source fidelity
King James Bible quotations are checked against the Bible text identified on the page. Scripture is not silently rewritten as editorial prose. Historical dictionaries and other reference works are labeled by source, and quoted or source-derived wording is not presented as the work of a modern author.
Original authorship and responsibility
Original explanations and studies are visibly identified by author. A byline applies only to the original material bearing that byline; it does not claim authorship of Scripture, public-domain definitions, quotations, or other attributed sources on the same page.
For original material published under his name, Galen Spring accepts responsibility for the selection of passages and evidence, selection and use of sources, analysis, interpretation, synthesis, organization, final wording, and the decision to publish.
Evidence before conclusion
Substantive studies ordinarily begin with the controlling King James Bible passages and sufficient context. Directly related passages and material historical evidence are placed near the analysis they support. The intended relationship is claim → Scripture or source evidence → analysis → conclusion → responsible author.
Human Review Standard
Content is not labeled reviewed unless the human editor has genuinely completed the review appropriate to that page. For reviewed original studies, the editor at minimum:
- Reads the controlling King James Bible passages in context.
- Checks directly relevant cross-references.
- Reviews material historical or reference sources used.
- Distinguishes source wording from original synthesis.
- Verifies important quotations, references, links, labels, and factual claims.
- Reviews the rendered final page.
- Approves the page for publication.
Research and Production Tools
Research and production may involve software, search tools, automated processes, coding tools, and AI-assisted tools for tasks such as retrieval, comparison, research organization, drafting assistance, transcription checking, formatting, consistency review, coding, and identifying possible errors or omissions.
These systems are tools rather than Scripture, source authorities, or authors. Final editorial responsibility remains with the named human editor. Automated checks may support human review but do not constitute it.
Publication and review dates
Published, last reviewed, and last updated dates must correspond to genuine activity. Dates are not changed merely because a template, footer, formatting rule, automated process, or rebuild touched a page without substantive review.
Corrections and revisions
Material corrections or substantive revisions update the page's review information where appropriate. Historical source material is corrected to the identified source rather than silently paraphrased while still presented as a quotation. Readers may report a possible error through the Corrections page.
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