The review log will go to interested users by email. Currently this is:

  * gryllida

The purpose of this is to keep a record and for the interested users (listed above) to get a second review. If you are interested in joining, please leave a message and you will be added to the list.

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Action mail svetlana.tkachenko@fastmail.com
textbox "URL of the page"
textbox "Headline"

Fieldset headline
Textbox "The headline is in active voice.  ('I liked cats' not 'cats were liked by me')"
Textbox "The headline is in sentence case. ('I liked cats' not 'I Liked Cats' or 'I LIKED CATS')"
Textbox "The headline is ok for international audience and does not include specialised vocabulary or names of places without indicating country."
Textbox "The headline is accurate e.g. not opinionated like 'Mr Johnson was an idiot'"
Textarea comment

Fieldset text body
Textbox "The text is written in past tense ('did' not 'does')"
Textbox "The text is around one to five paragraphs"
Textbox "The first paragraph answers 5Ws (Who what where when why how)"
Textbox "The other paragraphs start with newsworthy details, followed by essential background information"
Textbox "There is sufficient amount of background information is included for non specialised audience"
Textbox "The text is written from a neutral point of view representing positions from multiple parties. This is not a press release. E.g. 'John won a court case' based only on announcement of John blog vs 'court X published judgmenent. John order of Y was approved. John order of Z was denied and he was requested to pay a half of court fee.'"
Textbox "The text is attributed. E.g. 'the explosion was loud' vs 'a witness said to us that the explosion was loud'."
Textbox "After checking the linked sources, confirm essential information was not excluded."
Textbox "After checking sources, confirm everything in the report is verificable and is accurate. If something is not verifiable, remove it from the report, and add a note in comment."
Textbox "The text was not plagiarised. (This may be confirmed by putting it in a web search engine, and also manually checking against the sources provided.)"
Textbox "At least two independent sources are included. This helps to reduce risk of inaccuracies, and make the report more balanced."
Textarea comment

Fieldset metadata and formatting
Textbox "Links to Wikipedia are included using syntax [[wp>Page name|Page title, if different from page name]]"
Textbox "The geo tag is correct. Checked position of latitude and lpngitude on map"
Textbox "added {{ to geo tag to get it to show up on map on the home pahe"
Textbox "Major tags are specified, such as those listed on the 'add news' form. They are correct and do not have typos."
Textbox "The text is free from grammatical and punctuation errors."
Textbox "The sources are formatted correctly, including title, publisher name, publish date in 'January 30, 2026' format"
Textbox "Sources are listed by date, from newest to oldest."
Textarea Comment

Fieldset "Media (images and videos)"
Textbox "The media is uploaded locally"
Textbox "Each image has copyright specified in exif. If this is not specified, add and upload new version."
Textbox "Where required by licence, attribution to image is included in image caption"
Textarea comment

Fieldset "Publish checklist"
static "Complete this section only if the report is ready to be published now and there are no outstanding issues."
yesno "Renamed page from 'onm:' to main namespace."
yesno "Proofread the report and this review checklist notes."
yesno "Checked communications from other users and previous review(s)".
yesno "Report looks ready to publish."
yesno "Activated the geotag by adding '{{' at beginning of line."
Textarea comment

submit "✅️ Finish my review"
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