Purpose
The Fantasy Mate Learning Center is organised before new articles are added. Each page should introduce new knowledge, answer a genuine user question and avoid duplicating information already explained elsewhere.
The purpose of the documentation is to explain what the analytics measure, why they exist and how to use them. Exact formulas, weights, thresholds, proprietary data processing and implementation details remain confidential.
A separate article is not required for every metric. A concise tooltip and a clear explanation inside an existing guide are often more useful than another page covering the same ground.
Top-Level Learning Center
The Learning Center follows the same three-part structure as Fantasy Mate itself: Evaluation, Projection Models and Market Intelligence. The Getting Started section explains the principles shared across those systems.
| Article | Purpose | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome | Introduce why Fantasy Mate exists and the idea of complementary analytical systems. | Complete |
| How Fantasy Mate Works | Explain the three pillars: Evaluation, Projection and Market Intelligence. | Complete |
| Analytical Principles | Define Purpose, Independence, Context, Comparability, Transparency and Consistency. | Complete |
| Documentation Architecture | Explain how the Learning Center is organised and when new pages should be created. | Complete |
| Projection | Explain models that estimate likely future outcomes. | Planned |
| Market Intelligence | Explain dynasty market analysis and model-versus-market comparisons. | Planned |
| FAQ | Answer recurring platform-wide questions without duplicating system guides. | Planned |
| Full Methodology | Provide the deepest public explanation without disclosing proprietary implementation. | Planned |
Evaluation
Evaluation measures football performance. It includes one completed-season system and the live in-season systems.
Season Intelligence
Season Intelligence evaluates completed regular seasons. Its documentation explains the overall system, how to read a season profile and the position-specific models used for quarterbacks, running backs, wide receivers and tight ends.
Overall Score, category-score philosophy, positional ranking and historical context should remain within those existing guides unless a separate article would introduce genuinely new knowledge.
Receiving Intelligence
Receiving Intelligence follows current-season receiving performance. Its documentation separates the overall system from the concepts needed to interpret a live player profile.
- Receiving Intelligence
- Receiving Categories
- Overall Trend Index
- Momentum
- Reliability
- Baseline
- Rest of Season Projection
- Team Context
- Availability
- Receiving Intelligence FAQ
Rushing Intelligence
Rushing Intelligence should use the same documentation pattern as Receiving Intelligence only after the website outputs and terminology have been confirmed.
- Rushing Intelligence
- Understanding a Rushing Profile
- Rushing Categories
- Trend and Reliability concepts specific to rushing
- Rushing context
- Rushing Intelligence FAQ
Passing Intelligence
A complete documentation section should not be created until the methodology has been successfully researched and validated. Until then, Passing Intelligence remains under research.
Projection Models
Projection documentation must keep evaluation and projection clearly separated. Evaluation measures what a player has done within a defined system. Projection estimates a possible future outcome from the information currently available.
- Projection Models Overview
- Rookie Models Overview
- Rookie Running Back Model
- Rookie Wide Receiver Model
- Rookie Tight End Model
- Rest of Season Projection
- Projection FAQ
Market Intelligence
Market Intelligence is documented independently from football evaluation. Its articles explain dynasty rankings, historical value, market movement and reports that compare football profiles with current market standing.
- Dynasty Market Overview
- Dynasty Rankings
- Historical Value
- Market Movers
- Market Research
- Dynasty Market FAQ
Core Concepts
A standalone concept article should be created only when the concept is reused across the platform, cannot be explained adequately through a tooltip and introduces new knowledge.
Examples include Overall Score, OTI, Baseline, Reliability, Evidence, Momentum, Trend Strength, League Context, Team Context, Market Context, Team Alpha, Missing Team Alpha, Becoming Team Alpha and After Catch.
Page-Creation Rules
- Each page must answer one clear user question.
- Each page must introduce new knowledge rather than restating another article.
- If a concept can be explained fully through a tooltip and one existing article, another page is unnecessary.
- Position-specific Season Intelligence categories must remain separate from Receiving Intelligence categories.
- Evaluation and projection must never be described as the same thing.
- Season Intelligence evaluates completed regular seasons, while live systems monitor the current regular season.
- Season Intelligence scores may change when the historical reference population is expanded and recalculated.
- Postseason games are excluded from Season Intelligence and Receiving Intelligence.
- Commercial metric providers are not named in public methodology.
- Exact formulas, weights, thresholds and proprietary transformations are not published.
- The writing should remain calm, technical and non-promotional.
- Each article should take approximately two to five minutes to read.
Approved Article Template
Not every article needs every section, but the following structure provides a consistent starting point:
- Title
- Estimated reading time
- Overview
- Primary Question
- Why It Exists
- What It Measures
- How to Use It
- Relationship with Other Systems
- Related Concepts
- FAQ, when useful
Writing Order
The current sequence completes the platform foundations first, then moves through the position models, live receiving system, market analysis and projection models. This keeps terminology and interpretation consistent as the Learning Center grows.