# Path: reviewer or scholar

For a Granthi, a scholar or a maintainer who reviews changes and never writes code: what the project promises, where the text is proven, what a review is asked to check, and how to say no.

- Page: <https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/learning-paths/reviewer-scholar/>
- Updated: 2026-09-27
- From the Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji — Knowledge Base wiki. Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is quoted verbatim, cited by Ang, and never altered.

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You review; you do not write code. Half a day, in this order. Nothing here needs a terminal.

On the rendered wiki each step has a checkbox remembered in your browser; on GitHub, tick them in
your head.

1. [What Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji is](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/scripture/what-sggs-is/) — the one rule, as the
   project states it. Everything you review is measured against it.
2. [The structure of the Granth](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/scripture/structure/) — check the numbers against what you
   know; the poster's segments name every raag and Vaar.
3. [Gurmukhi and Unicode](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/scripture/gurmukhi-and-unicode/) — the table of what the pipeline
   may and may not do. This is the heart of a fidelity review.
4. [The editorial ledger](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/data/editorial-ledger/) — the four rules and eleven applications,
   approved in the scholar review of 2026-09-24; and the canonical
   [scripture integrity](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/data/architecture/scripture-integrity/) page.
5. [The Answer Protocol](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/scripture/answer-protocol-for-engineers/) — the eight rules any
   answer from this knowledge base must follow.
6. Try the [Ang explorer](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/data/line-record/#explore-real-records) on an Ang you know well,
   and the [verify playground](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/search/verification-engine/#try-it) with a line from memory:
   the engine should refuse to guess.
7. [Nitnem for engineers](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/ios/nitnem-for-engineers/) — the non-SGGS layer, reviewed line by line
   against the SGPC Nitnem Gutka (attested `REVIEWED: true` on 2026-09-21), and what that attestation gates.
8. [The reverence checklist](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/onboarding/reverence-checklist/) and
   [who to ask](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/onboarding/who-to-ask/).
9. **[Exercise 05 — fix a poster](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/exercises/05-fix-a-poster/)**, reading part only: find a
   statement on any poster you believe is wrong and open an issue with the `scripture-fidelity`
   template if it concerns the text, or a documentation issue otherwise.

How to say no: a review that finds a text concern never proposes an edit. It names the Ang, the
line and the printed page, and the [support runbook](https://docs.gurbanisoul.com/process/runbooks/support-inbox/) and the
ledger take it from there. "Leave it as printed" is a complete and valued answer.