Article summary
Handle numbering plans, service location and WhatsApp registration for a Western Sahara business list with neutral evidence and no political identity inference.
A Western Sahara-related list requires evidential neutrality: business label, numbering plan and personal identity cannot replace one another. Registration checking answers whether WhatsApp registration was observed. It must not become a political, nationality or group judgment.
Keep three record layers separate
| Layer | Source | Prohibited inference |
|---|---|---|
| phone_plan | Current numbering rule | Political status |
| service_location | Order or service record | Personal identity |
| registration | Task observation | Permission or opinion |
Do not prepend a code from the region label
Preserve phone_raw and country_evidence. Different sources may use different international phones; unsupported national notation enters review.
Use neutral field names
Prefer service_region, source_label and phone_plan. Do not turn unverified territory information into person_nationality or identity.
Interpret Registration narrowly
TXT contains one phone per line and Excel returns phone plus registration observation. It does not prove holder, residence, political opinion or marketing consent.
Report exceptions by provenance
Calculate formatting and unknown outcomes separately for partners, forms and legacy CRM. Differences repair collection; they do not describe a population.
Do not resolve conflict by majority vote
When numbering and service evidence disagree, retain both and route to an accountable reviewer. The most common label must not overwrite evidence.
Prohibit sensitive inference explicitly
Do not infer ethnicity, religion, nationality, political attitude or organisational relationship from a phone, name, avatar or region field.
Permission remains another gate
Registration cannot clear opt-out or create a basis for undocumented lists. The operating entity assesses its own responsibilities.
Credibility comes from restraint
A page that explains phone evidence, unknowns and limits without using checking to answer political questions provides the defensible value.
