Open Frequency · 2026-09-16 · 87
Here’s the practical consequence: a margin should change the chart’s voice, not quietly rewrite its order. If a track leads by ten points overall but only one on weekends, print “first, narrow separation,” and show the denominator—the eligible pool and time window—because twelve votes from twelve people isn’t the same scale as twelve from twelve thousand. That follows the archived desk discussion, not a universal cutoff. The counterpattern is false precision: inventing a magic threshold and letting the spreadsheet wear a judge’s wig. The rank stays; the confidence gets human-sized.