The document lists questions that reviewers on the English Wikinews site use to assess submitted articles before publication. The questions cover issues like copyright and plagiarism, factual accuracy and verifiability of content, neutrality, and adherence to style guidelines. Overall, the document provides an overview of the criteria and standards that Wikinews reviewers use to evaluate articles for readiness and quality.

1. D o e s t h e a r t i c l e c o n t a i n a n y
c o p y r i g h t v i o l a t i o n s ? W e r e
p a r t s o f t h e a r t i c l e
p l a g i a r i z e d ? D o i m a g e s u s e d
i n t h e a r t i c l e c o m p l y w i t h
p r o j e c t c o p y r i g h t p o l i c i e s ?
I s t h e p h o t o g r a p h e r
c r e d i t e d ?
D o e s t h e a r t i c l e r e p o r t o n a
r e c e n t n e w s e v e n t ? D o e s
t h e f i r s t p a r a g r a p h o f t h e
a r t i c l e m a k e c l e a r w h y t h i s
a r t i c l e f e a t u r e s i n f o r m a t i o n
t h a t i s n e w s n o w ?
I s a l l t h e i n f o r m a t i o n
v e r i f i a b l e f r o m t h e c i t e d
s o u r c e s , j o u r n a l i s t n o t e s o n
t h e t a l k p a g e o r m a t e r i a l s
s e n t t o t h e s c o o p m a i l i n g
l i s t ? A r e t h e s o u r c e s
f o r m a t t e d c o r r e c t l y ?
I s t h e a r t i c l e n e u t r a l ? A r e
n o n - n e u t r a l w o r d s l i k e
t e r r o r i s t a n d p r o - l i f e
r e m o v e d ? A r e a l l o p i n i o n s
p r o p e r l y c r e d i t e d t o t h e
s o u r c e ?
D o e s t h e a r t i c l e c o m p l y w i t h
t h e s t y l e g u i d e ? D o e s i t
h a v e a n i n f o b o x ? A r e t h e r e
c a t e g o r i e s ? I s t h e a r t i c l e
w r i t t e n u s i n g i n v e r t e d
p y r a m i d s t y l e ? D o e s i t u s e
r e l a t i v e d a t i n g ?
ANATOMY OF A
WIKINEWS REVIEW
The above is a screen shot of English Wikinews’s review tool,
which reviewers use to provide assessment on article readiness
for publication. Each reviewer has a slightly different review
style and handles their reviews a bit differently. Overall though,
all reviewers are supposed to be assessing submitted articles
against the same criteria: the criteria listed above.
Text by Laura Hale @purplepopple on Twitter