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Rule aeo-012 · content_validator · hypothesis, not yet confirmed
Ban ungrounded superlatives and statistics unless tied to a cited source field in CMS.
Applies to: blog, product, landing, social
Hypothesis: the reasoning is published, but no independent evidence confirms it yet. Test it on your own pages before you rely on it.
Why this matters
Banning them is intended to reduce slop and hallucination-friendly copy in generative drafts.
Implementation
Type: validator
Anti-pattern
'Best in class', '#1', or precise stats with no source.
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