Editorial policy — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 05 May 2026 03:00:14 +0000

2026/05/05 09:50	current
Line 1:	Line 1:
	+	{{htmlmetatags>metatag-keywords=(editorial policy rti wiki,rti wiki sources,rti wiki corrections,rti wiki review cycle,rti wiki accuracy)&metatag-description=(The editorial policy of RTI Wiki. How sources are verified, how pages are dated, how corrections are handled, and how conflicts of interest are disclosed.)}}
	+
	+	====== Editorial policy — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026 ======
	+	{{ :social:auto:about-editorial-policy.png?direct&1200 \|about / editorial-policy — RTI Wiki}}
	+
	+
	+
	+	The editorial policy of RTI Wiki. How sources are verified, how pages are dated, how corrections are handled, and how conflicts of interest are disclosed.
	+
	+	//Last reviewed: 20 April 2026//
	+
	+	This page describes how RTI Wiki is edited, sourced, reviewed, and corrected. It applies to every page on the site.
	+
	+	===== Sources =====
	+
	+	Every factual claim on the site carries a citation. Citations draw from, in order of preference:
	+
	+	- The statute itself. The Right to Information Act, 2005; the RTI (Amendment) Act, 2019; the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023; the RTI Rules, 2012; the RTI Fee Rules, 2005; State RTI Rules; the DPDP Rules, 2025.
	+	- Binding judgments. Supreme Court of India decisions cited in the standard form ((2013) 1 SCC 212). High Court decisions cited by writ number and date of decision.
	+	- Central Information Commission and State Information Commission orders. Cited by decision number, date, and decided-by bench.
	+	- Government circulars and Office Memoranda. Department of Personnel and Training OMs, Ministry notifications.
	+	- Academic commentary. Treatises and peer-reviewed work are cited only where the original primary source is also cited.
	+
	+	Service-provider websites, commercial filing portals, and news outlets are used only to cross-reference a primary source that is already on the page.
	+
	+	===== Verification =====
	+
	+	* First draft. Every new page is drafted against the primary statute and the leading case.
	+	* Legal fact-check. Every case citation is checked against the original reporter. Every section reference is checked against the current text of the Act.
	+	* Dated review. Every page carries a "Last reviewed on" line. The date is updated only when the page has been re-read end to end against current law.
	+	* Snapshot link. Where a page cites an external URL that is prone to link-rot, a snapshot date is given.
	+
	+	===== Corrections =====
	+
	+	Corrections are public. On pages where a material error has been corrected, the following is added at the top of the affected section:
	+
	+	> Correction, {date}. {one-line description of the error, the fix, and the source that justified the change.}
	+
	+	Minor corrections (typos, spelling, formatting) are not logged individually. Substantive corrections — to a section reference, a case citation, a procedural step, a timeline, or a legal position — are always logged.
	+
	+	Readers may submit corrections through the [[https://righttoinformation.wiki/feedback.php\|feedback widget]] at the bottom of every page. The editor acknowledges every correction received.
	+
	+	===== Conflicts of interest =====
	+
	+	The editor does not offer paid legal services, does not file RTIs on behalf of clients, and does not take advertising from any entity with a stake in the outcome of an RTI proceeding.
	+
	+	The site carries contextual advertising (Google AdSense). Ad placement is site-wide and not article-specific. Advertisers do not have editorial input.
	+
	+	Where the editor has personal involvement in a matter discussed on the site, that involvement is disclosed on the page itself.
	+
	+	===== Licensing =====
	+
	+	Content on this site is published under GFDL 1.3 unless otherwise marked. Citations from statutes and official sources carry their original copyright. Case-law excerpts are used under the common-law doctrine of fair use for commentary and review.
	+
	+	Reuse is welcomed. See the [[:press:media-kit\|media kit]] for citation guidelines.
	+
	+	===== Related pages =====
	+
	+	* [[:about:editor\|About the editor]].
	+	* [[:press:media-kit\|Press and media kit]].
	+
	+	//Last reviewed on: 20 April 2026 — RTI Wiki editorial team.//
	+
	+	{{tag>meta editorial-policy about rti-wiki}}

Right to Information Wiki

Editorial policy — RTI Wiki Citizen Guide 2026