Contribution workflowreview before publish

Send something with a pulse and a source trail.

Guest notes, puzzle ideas, scholarship links, prep resources, archive finds, and common-problem recipes can enter the same review path before they become public.

Pipeline

Four states, no mystery fog.

Fit

What belongs here.

student field noteAI build failuredebate steelmanpuzzle submissionscholarship or prep sourcecommon-problem recipepoetry/art reflectiongallery or archive candidate
Submission types

Send the object in the right shape.

Each contribution type has a target room, required evidence, and review focus. That keeps collaboration useful without turning the site into an unmoderated inbox.

Guest Shelf

Guest Note

A first-person note that teaches something specific without pretending one experience is universal.

Target room

Needs

  • author name or chosen byline
  • permission to publish
  • plain summary
  • privacy notes

Review

voice / consent / redactions / specific lesson

Puzzle Lab

Puzzle

A compact challenge with a clean statement, hints, solution, and technique tags.

Target room

Needs

  • statement
  • at least one hint
  • solution
  • difficulty
  • source or original claim

Review

ambiguity / spoilers / solution correctness / permanent URL

Growing Up Kit

Student Source

Scholarship, internship, application, or prep source that must be verified before recommendation.

Target room

Needs

  • official URL
  • deadline if any
  • eligibility
  • discovered date
  • country/region

Review

official source / freshness / eligibility clarity / scam risk

Curiosity Cabinet

Archive Find

Video, map, public-domain media, travel place, or fact candidate with provenance.

Target room

Needs

  • source URL
  • date/place if known
  • rights state
  • why it matters
  • context note

Review

rights / source quality / context / notability

AI Lab

AI Build Note

A build failure, eval, agent pattern, prompt-injection case, or tool boundary lesson.

Target room

Needs

  • system context
  • failure or claim
  • test/eval evidence
  • limit note
  • reproduction path

Review

safety / claim evidence / reproducibility / what not to automate

Churn & Chirp

Poetry / Art Note

A poem/art/movie note focused on the state of mind it opened, not long copied excerpts.

Target room

Needs

  • creator/title
  • rights status
  • short commentary
  • source link if public
  • personal note

Review

copyright / specificity / tone / why it belongs

Evidence

Pitch needs

  • working title
  • audience
  • source links or lived context
  • author permission

Draft needs

  • plain summary
  • source list
  • rights note
  • safety/privacy note

Review needs

  • reviewer
  • claim checks
  • redactions
  • publish decision

Publish needs

  • canonical URL
  • last reviewed date
  • content index entry
  • rollback path