Methodology

The rules this site holds itself to — especially because its subject is alive.

The living-person standard

Greta Thunberg is a living private individual who became a public activist. This site applies a stricter standard than for historical figures:

• Personal life is minimal and factual. Only what she and her family have placed in the public record — birth date, family members’ names, her own statements about her diagnoses — appears here. No speculation about relationships, health, income, or private life.
• No partisan framing. Coverage is encyclopedic: events are described, claims are attributed, and the site takes no position on the politics. Supporters’ and critics’ characterizations are both reported as theirs.
• Uncertainty is labeled. Dates and facts that rest on a single source are flagged. Reported-but-unconfirmed material is either omitted or explicitly labeled as reported.

Neutrality

On contested questions — the effectiveness of her activism, the Gaza flotillas, the “manipulation” claims — this site presents each side’s position with attribution and does not adjudicate. Loaded language (“corrupt,” “heroic,” “stupid,” “brave”) appears only inside attributed quotations, never in the site’s own voice.

Quotations

Every quotation is verbatim from a published transcript, recording, or post, and carries its venue and date. Light trimming is marked with “[…]”. Paraphrase is never presented as quotation. Quotes delivered in English are given in her English; the standard English versions of translated remarks are used where she spoke Swedish.

Climate science

This site makes no independent scientific claims. All statements about the climate — warming limits, carbon budgets, tipping points — are attributed to the IPCC and peer-reviewed literature. Thunberg’s own scientific claims are reported as her statements citing the science, in keeping with her “unite behind the science” framing.

Images

• Real photographs only from Wikimedia Commons with verified licenses; every image has a provenance record (the image credits on this page) and an on-page caption.
• Never photorealistic AI images of the real person. AI-generated imagery is permitted only as clearly labeled stylized 3D-animated caricature dramatization of the Vizlings character, captioned “AI-generated dramatization art — not a historical depiction.”

Omission policy

When a fact cannot be verified from a reputable source, it is omitted — and the omission is honest. Known gaps are reported to the site’s editors rather than papered over. (See the build report for current gaps.)

Corrections

Errors of fact will be corrected with a dated note. If you spot one, the Sources page tells you what the claims rest on so you can check them yourself.

Source notes

This methodology was written for this site and reflects standard encyclopedic practice for living-person coverage. It is the standard against which the site’s QA checks run.