Why the desk exists
Proxy Index exists to give proxy buyers a public evidence layer between provider marketing and a purchasing decision. The testing desk operates the benchmark system, reviews what the measurements can support, and publishes the result with its limits.
Work is currently credited to the Proxy Index testing desk. That is an institutional byline. Individual author and reviewer profiles are not yet public, so the site does not imply personal credentials or a human sign-off that has not been recorded.
Responsibilities
- Benchmark operations maintain provider inventory, proxy selections, test definitions, scheduled series, measurement workers, and publication health.
- Evidence review checks sample coverage, the six-check eligibility gate, dimension inputs, confidence, warnings, and publication lineage.
- Editorial review separates measured facts, provider-stated facts, and interpretation; numeric and comparative claims must resolve to public evidence.
- Publication stewardship preserves immutable report versions, points readers to the current version, and records material corrections.
What automation does—and what people review
Workers collect and aggregate measurements. Code enforces schemas, sample and confidence thresholds, ranking eligibility, redaction, and immutable revision rules. Those controls reduce discretion, but they do not turn an automated publication into a human review.
Provider-line review copy can use drafting assistance. Publication still requires structured source coverage, claim validation, approved provider facts, and an explicit operator approval. Broad leadership claims are blocked when peer evidence cannot support them.