The post-match review bench opens after both teams file stage cards

The review bench holds the desk to three rules. First, every line in a review entry must carry a tag. Second, the desk does not paraphrase an operator line into a desk interpretation. Third, unverified posts seen on co-streams are noted as unverified, not folded into a desk interpretation. The desk's editorial copy is dated and signed under the dispatch line; the dispatch stream is the audit trail.

Where a review entry is later revised, the desk posts a dated correction on the dispatch stream and updates the line in place. The reader can see the before and after on the dispatch stream and decide whether to trust the desk going forward. The desk does not silently move a line from interpretation to fact.

Why the bench is sometimes empty

The bench can be empty between the close of a match and the filing of both stage cards. The desk does not pre-populate the bench with desk interpretation before the operator closes the match page. A reader looking for early read should follow the operator page directly; the bench is the source-dated archive, not a hot-take surface.