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+{{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 =====
+//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 =====
+April 2026
+{{tag>meta editorial-policy about rti-wiki}}

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