Editorial policy — RTI Wiki

RTI Wiki is editorially independent of any government, political party, public authority, or commercial sponsor. Editorial decisions — what to cover, how to cover it, what to omit — rest solely with the editorial team. Sponsors and advertisers do not influence editorial content.

Every factual claim must trace to an authoritative primary source — preferably a statute, judgment, government notification, or sansad.in / nic.in record. Where secondary sources are used (news, academic), they are cited with date and outlet.

We do not publish:

• Claims based on a single anonymous source
• Hearsay
• Predictions presented as fact
• Legal opinions disguised as statements of law

Before publication, every article passes through:

1. Drafter check — author confirms each claim against source
2. Editor review — second editor verifies sources and identifies gaps
3. Auto-link verification — internal CMS flags broken or unsupported assertions
4. Spot-publication audit — random 10% of new content audited monthly

Articles carrying time-sensitive information (rules in force, case-law as latest, commission backlog data) are reviewed on a fixed cycle (12 months for evergreen guides; 3 months for “recent changes” content).

Some content on RTI Wiki is AI-assisted — typically the AI Drafter's outputs, the AI summary on bill tracker, and machine-translated Hindi summaries. Such content is clearly marked.

The 700+ articles, 300+ case-law summaries, 11 pillar guides, and the editorial section of every page are human-authored or human-reviewed. No article is published purely by AI without human editorial review.

Editors must declare:

• Any current employment in government / public authority / political party / law firm with RTI practice
• Any consulting work for sponsoring entities
• Any personal RTI cases pending where the article topic overlaps

Editors with COI on a topic recuse themselves from authoring or reviewing on that topic.

We correct material errors visibly:

• Minor corrections (typos, formatting): silent
• Factual corrections (wrong date, wrong section number, wrong case citation): logged in the corrections page with date and what changed
• Significant errors (material misstatement): correction notice at top of article + corrections-page entry

We do not rewrite history. Removed content remains accessible in our corrections log.

Forum and Q&A posts are user-contributed and are not under editorial review. They carry an “user-contributed” label. We moderate for spam, abuse and clearly false legal claims.

File a complaint via contact page. We acknowledge within 48 hours and respond substantively within 7 days. Unresolved complaints can be escalated to our editorial board.

We collect minimum necessary data; see privacy policy. No reader's RTI draft, problem description, or filing record is shared with third parties (other than the AI provider for tool processing) or sold.

Editorial content on RTI Wiki is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 unless marked otherwise. Tools and datasets are similarly licensed. You may republish with attribution. Press use is encouraged.

Editorial inquiries: editorial@bighelpers.in Press: press@bighelpers.in Complaints: contact form

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