Guides · 2026-07-07 · updated 2026-11-03
How our confidence labels work
Leonida Daily labels every location and claim with a confidence level. Here's exactly what each label means and how something moves up the scale.
Everything on Leonida Daily carries a confidence label. It’s not decoration — it’s the core of how we can be both fast and trustworthy. A label tells you, at a glance, how sure we are and why. Here’s the full scale.
The labels
There are four labels, and they mean the same thing everywhere on the site: the record, the map, every article and the Dispatch.
- Confirmed — stated by Rockstar Games or Take-Two on an official channel, or visible in official first-party footage. Example: the 19 November 2026 release date.
- Likely — strong evidence, such as a first-hand report by a named newsroom or a clear pattern, but no first-party confirmation yet. Reasonable to believe; not proven.
- Rumoured — circulating and plausible, but unverified: anonymous sources, insiders, social media. Treat with caution.
- Debunked — contradicted by evidence, or withdrawn. We keep these visible rather than quietly deleting them.
On the map, a Confirmed place also says where the confirmation came from:
- Confirmed · Rockstar — named or shown by Rockstar or Take-Two (a Newswire post, the official site).
- Confirmed · Trailer — visible in official footage. The place exists; its exact position on the map may still be our reconstruction, and we flag that separately as “position approximate”.
- Confirmed · Players — reserved for after launch, when players can confirm a place directly in the released game.
How something moves up the scale
New information enters at low confidence by default. It’s then deduplicated against what we already track, checked for a real source, verified where possible, labelled, and only then published. Nothing auto-promotes to “Confirmed” — a human-reviewed evidence step stands between a rumour and that top label. When evidence arrives, an item moves up; when it’s contradicted, it moves down to Debunked and stays visible.
Why we do it this way
Most GTA coverage optimises for confident headlines. That’s how a leak becomes “confirmed” in three retweets. Our bet is the opposite: that a clearly-labelled “Rumoured” you can trust is worth more than a “Confirmed” you can’t. The labels are the product — on the tracker for claims, and on the map for locations.
If we ever get something wrong, the label moves and the change is logged. Being correctable in public is the point, not an embarrassment.
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