Separate record from interpretation
Official fact, independent observation, allegation, reproduced analysis and opinion are labelled rather than blended.
The record
Evidence should remain visible under pressure.
I include methodology when it helps readers test the argument, understand its limits and reach their own conclusions.
Make material claims inspectable
Every consequential number or causal statement points toward a source, method, qualification and status.
Publish the misses
Failed forecasts, discrepancies and results that do not reproduce remain visible beside the findings that hold.
State what would change the conclusion
A claim becomes more useful when a reader can see the evidence capable of weakening or reversing it.