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Editorial policy

What we publish, what we refuse and how we correct mistakes.

Editorial policy in one sentence: a claim belongs in an article only if a reader could check it, and anything that cannot be checked is labelled as opinion.

How an article is built

First the question is defined, then the mechanism is explained, then the limits are stated. A guide that cannot name the point where its advice stops being useful is not finished.

Sourcing rules

• Official documentation and published rules come first.
• Numbers are attributed and dated.
• Estimates are marked as estimates.
• If the source is silent, the article says so instead of guessing.

Headlines and metadata

Titles describe the content of that specific article, not the section it sits in. Two articles on related subjects still get their own headline, description and opening line.

Commercial content

Sponsored text, paid placements and affiliate links are not published. If that ever changes, the marking will sit at the top of the page, above the headline, not in a footnote.

Updates and corrections

When a rule or a product changes, the article is rewritten rather than patched with a note at the end. Corrections are dated inside the text.