How Equatara content is written, reviewed, and corrected

Our editorial principles

• People first: one page solves one clear task and explains the result in plain language.
• Traceable: material claims map to authoritative evidence and the implemented formula version.
• Original: copy, examples, FAQ, and interpretations are created for the calculator, not copied or lightly rewritten.
• Specific about limits: assumptions, excluded factors, rounding, dates, jurisdictions, and uncertainty remain visible.
• Accessible: labels, instructions, errors, result language, headings, links, tables, and alternatives work for different users and devices.
• Correctable: credible reports are investigated, recorded, and resolved without hiding prior errors.

How a page is created

1. Define the primary intent, audience, scope, units, locale, jurisdiction, and unique value.
2. Bind content to an approved formula specification, sources, risk level, and test evidence.
3. Draft a concise purpose, instructions, result interpretation, method, symbol definitions, limitations, examples, FAQ, and related next steps.
4. Independently check every worked example and any number stated in public copy.
5. Review originality, clarity, safety language, accessibility, privacy, metadata, and consistency with the live interface.
6. Keep the page noindex until all required gates and approvals pass.

We do not publish raw AI-generated copy. AI may assist organization or drafting, but it is not a source, reviewer, or final approver. Competitor pages may inform terminology research but are not copied and do not establish formula authority.

Review roles and independence

Formula owner

Confirms the exact method, implementation, units, validation, tests, and version.

Editorial reviewer

Checks intent, originality, clarity, examples, disclosures, sources, metadata, and consistency.

Accessibility reviewer

Checks keyboard use, labels, errors, announcements, contrast, zoom, reflow, and reading order.

Domain reviewer

Provides independent subject expertise for high and very-high-risk topics and when policy otherwise requires it.

Release manager

Confirms the approved artifacts, production checks, robots state, canonical URL, and release record.

The author or formula owner cannot be the sole approver. Higher-risk pages require stronger independent evidence and review. Reviewer approval applies only to the exact formula version and evidence set inspected.

What reviewers check

• The title, H1, form, result, examples, FAQ, and related links answer the same intent.
• Formula text, symbols, units, rounding, warnings, and examples match tested behavior.
• Sources are current, authoritative for the claim, precisely located, and applicable to the stated date and jurisdiction.
• Important limitations appear near the result as well as in the explanation.
• Search metadata is accurate; there is no keyword stuffing, hidden content, fabricated review data, or thin variant page.
• Sensitive calculator values are not exposed through analytics, logs, or sharing by default.

Updates and material changes

Small wording fixes receive editorial review and a content revision. A change to a formula, output meaning, required input, safety warning, rule, jurisdiction, effective date, or source data returns the page to the appropriate formula and domain review stages. Material logic changes create a new formula version and new regression evidence.

If a live result may be misleading, expired, or harmful, we can disable the calculator, remove it from discovery, and apply noindex before a replacement is ready. Republishing requires the normal downstream approvals.

Corrections policy

We welcome reports about formulas, results, examples, sources, explanations, accessibility, privacy, and broken behavior. See how to report a correction and what happens next.

1. We acknowledge and triage the report without asking for unnecessary sensitive values.
2. We reproduce the issue and assess potential harm, affected versions, pages, and users.
3. Urgent credible risks can trigger immediate disablement, unpublishing, or noindex.
4. The appropriate formula, editorial, accessibility, or domain reviewer evaluates the fix.
5. Tests and affected content are updated together, then the normal release gate runs.
6. We append a correction or incident record; approved history is not silently rewritten.

Commercial independence

Advertising, affiliate relationships, premium features, and sponsorship cannot change a formula, result, assumption, source choice, review outcome, correction decision, or the visibility of a limitation. Sponsored content must be labelled, and sponsors cannot buy a favourable answer.

Localization

Localized pages require human review of the complete experience: metadata, form, units, dates, errors, results, examples, warnings, navigation, and source context. Language and jurisdiction are treated separately. Incomplete or raw machine-translated pages remain noindex.

Accountability

Each release records owners, formula version, evidence, approvals, verification date, and next review where required. For our calculation research and source hierarchy, read the Methodology page.