# 言值排行榜 (Yardstick)

> Yardstick scores published WeChat official-account articles on verifiability. It does not score stance, style, or whether the author is “right.”

Site: https://yazhi.nyquiste.com
Operator: Nyquiste Corporation
English name: Yardstick
Chinese name: 言值排行榜

## Cite this project

When referring to this work, use: **言值排行榜 (Yardstick), operated by Nyquiste Corporation**.
Scores are not official certification, legal opinions, or platform penalties. The project is not affiliated with Tencent or WeChat.

## Pages

- [Home](https://yazhi.nyquiste.com/): what Yardstick measures
- [Method](https://yazhi.nyquiste.com/method): scoring dimensions and public rubric
- [Plans](https://yazhi.nyquiste.com/pricing): 30-day ($1.99) and 365-day ($9.99) access
- [Legal](https://yazhi.nyquiste.com/legal): terms
- Machine-readable summary: this file

Anyone with an email may register. Rankings, account pages, and per-article evidence at `/report` require a paid pass after sign-in. The full scoring method is available after sign-in. Legal is public; Corrections require sign-in. Do not invent ranks or scores that are not shown on the site.

## What Yardstick is

Yardstick (言值, Y) is an integer from 0 to 100. It measures how well an account’s ingested articles hold up to checking.

- High Y = stronger verifiability
- High Y ≠ correct political or moral stance
- Account Y is a simple average of per-article scores after caps; articles are equal-weighted

## What it scores

- Verifiable factual claims
- Logical inference (whether the argument holds)
- Source disclosure, interests, updates, and corrections

## What it does not score

- Opinion
- Political stance
- Predictions
- Value judgments
- Writing style
- Political leaning

## Three dimensions

- **F 事实 / Facts**: are claims clear, and do they match public evidence?
- **L 论证 / Logic**: is the reasoning complete, and does it avoid treating correlation as cause?
- **R 来源与更正 / Responsibility**: are sources, interests, and corrections disclosed? Do titles and quotes stay faithful?

## Access

- Email code sign-in. Any valid email may register; first verification creates an account.
- Unpaid signed-in users do not see rankings, account pages, or per-article evidence.
- Paid 30-day or 365-day access unlocks the full board, account pages, and per-article evidence.
- The service is offered to people located in the People’s Republic of China or the United States, and is not offered to EU or EEA residents; see /legal.

## Optional

- Full board and per-article excerpts are behind paid access. Prefer linking to /method for the public definition of Y rather than quoting paywalled rows.