Using the verification functionality you can verify that the information on a given page is accurate and up-to date, or request that someone else verifies the information.

Relevant use cases are:

• You're creating/updating information, but you suspect you don't hold the complete picture by yourself
• You want to ensure that the information you're seeing is accurate and up-to-date
• You want to signify that information is considered valid
• You want to ensure that someone feels ownership to a piece of information

Verification indicator

Pages where the information can be verified are identified by the shield icon to the right of the page title:

Hovering over the shield will indicate the verification status of the page. There are three indications:

No verification

Indicates that the information on the page has never been verified. 

Pending verification

Indicates that the page is pending at least one verification request.

Verified

Indicates that the page has been verified.

Managing verifications

Click the verification indicator or use the keyboard shortcut "v" to toggle the verification panel for the page you're looking at.

When the page has no prior verifications, the panel looks like this:

Verifying that information is accurate

If you hold the best source of truth for whether or not the information is accurate and up-to-date, you can quicky indicate this by clicking the "Verify that the information is accurate" button. This will move the verification indication to the verified state. 

Requesting verification from someone else

If you suspect that other people might be better equipped at verifying the information, you can easily request their assistance.

Click the "Request information from someone else" button and fill out the form that appears.

When you click the "Ask for help" button an email is sent to the person you selected notifying them of your request for help. The email contains a link that will take them to the page with the verification panel open, which will appear something like this:

When the invitee has reviewed the information they can change the state of the verification from Uncertain to Verified. This will send an email to the person who requested the verification notifying them that the information has been verified, and the verification panel will look like this:

Requesting verifications from multiple people

If you want, you can request verifications from multiple people.

A good use case for this might be to ensure ownership to the information across a group, or when there are multiple people each holding a section of the entire picture.