Public-impact rating: 1–100
A guide to how much a development may affect people's lives—not its popularity or a guarantee of accuracy.
The rating weighs the severity of real-life consequences (35%), the number or breadth of people directly affected (30%), urgency (20%), and how long the consequences may last (15%). Each component is an editorial estimate grounded in the available reporting.
Scores of 85–100 indicate critical impact; 65–84 high impact; 40–64 meaningful impact; 20–39 limited impact; and 1–19 low impact. The exact number is a ranking aid, not a scientific measurement or a probability.
Health, safety, income, food, housing, education, essential services and rights take priority. Serious immediate danger to a small community can rate highly. Fame, political agreement, clicks and large fan bases do not add points by themselves.
Routine celebrity appearances, sports results and isolated curiosities normally rank low. A high score cannot override factual or editorial checks. An unrated article is not necessarily unimportant.
The front page prioritizes rated reports scoring 40 or more, with unrated reports retained for assessment. All Articles remains chronological and includes the archive. Ratings can change when the facts, timing or scope change.