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RMP.4:9 - Consequences

A receiving reader can distinguish what was planned, what is supported about actual conduct, how material reached a result, and where examination stops. Early capture reduces preventable loss; legacy entry can recover useful bounded accounts without pretending the past was better specified than it was.

The burden is selective recording, connection and access management. Some criticisms remain impossible, and some claims must be narrowed or withheld. This is a useful result when the alternative is an apparently complete account that silently substitutes confidence for missing evidence.