These accuracy and reviewing guides cover how to check whether a page is actually right, and how to record what you found so a reader can verify it too.
Accuracy work is mechanical before it is expert. A claim gets isolated from the prose around it, traced to a source that can be opened and read, and then judged against what that source actually says rather than what it is remembered as saying. Most errors that survive publication are not exotic: a stale figure, a hedge that hardened into a certainty, a quote that drifted from its author.
Start with how to fact check a claim for the core method, then common factual errors to avoid for the patterns worth knowing by sight. How to cite sources and how to handle a correction cover what happens after you find something.
How to review an article for accuracy
A practical process for verifying claims, figures, and quotes against real sources.
How to cite sources properly
How to attribute claims to real sources so a reader can check your work.
How to spot common factual slips
The recurring slips that appear in otherwise good content, why they happen, and how to catch each one.
How to handle a correction
How to correct a published page in a way that builds trust and shows you care about accuracy.
How to fact-check a claim
A repeatable way to verify a factual claim against real sources before you publish it.