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Please refer to this checklist each time you review your assigned pages, '''also available in PDF format''': [[media:Checklist for Contributors.pdf | Editorial Checklist for Contributors]]
# The purpose of reviewing pages is to ensure changes in law are reflected in content. # Clicklaw Wikibooks aims to provide understandable, reliable, up-to-date, plain language information to help British Columbians address addressing legal problems or learn learning about the law. # Some Wikibooks offer brief, punctual tips — other titles offer more comprehensive guidance. # What is your Wikibook's editorial objective? Consider the purpose, tone and audience of the title as a whole when making edits.
The purposes of reviewing pages are to ensure that: changes in the law are reflected in content; content is well-organized, explains its subject well and is easy to read; and, readers are provided with the most useful, most relevant resources.
== 1. # Review for accuracy ==#*Read each page from beginning to end.#*Is the law up to date? Has the legislation changed? Are there important new cases?#*Are descriptions of processes, forms, deadlines and fees up to date?#*Are resources up to date? Do the links still work? Are there better resources to link to?#*Is the language clear, consistent and understandable?# Edit and develop content#*Fix any legal inaccuracies in the existing text.#*Fix any grammatical or spelling errors in the existing text.#*Correct, reorganize or replace writing that isn’t clear and concise. #*Add new content where helpful.#*Add links to important new cases, new legislation and new resources.# Optional steps#*Remove irrelevant information and links to irrelevant resources.#*Check that existing text is approachable and easy to understand. #*Add links to other relevant pages within the Wikibook.
For each page you review, please go through the following steps:
==1. Review for accuracy = Read each page === {{checkbox}} Read and take notes on pages assigned to you
=== Review Reviewing the law ==={{checkbox}} Read laws in context — start with existing citations in the article <br/>{{checkbox}} Review statutory statute law — check statutory excerpts and compare to current legislation; , check Proclamations ([http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/training/BCProclamations.aspx BC] & [http://www.courthouselibrary.ca/training/CanadaProclamations.aspx Canada]) for recent changes <br/>{{checkbox}} Check caselaw — note up cited cases in [http://www.canlii.org CanLII]; , note up key sections of legislation to find new cases <br/>{{checkbox}} Consult secondary resources — CLE articles, treatises, journals, etc.review relevant CLEBC / TLABC materials
=== Verify statements descriptions of process and specifics procedure ===
{{checkbox}} Procedural steps — have rules or policies changed? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Forms — has a form changed name or been replaced? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Deadlines — readers rely on these being correct <br/>{{checkbox}} Monetary amounts, costs or limits — have these details changedare stated deadlines current? <br/>
=== Resource Links links ==={{checkbox}} Check existing links — make sure they work and ALSO make sure they still point to the intended content <br/>{{checkbox}} Best external resources — have are there newer resources arrived and , did the old ones get stale? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Best internal links — are concepts discussed that could be cross linked to more Wikibooks and pages?
 
Once you've reviewed your pages for legal accuracy, you may decide:
# Edit not needed → {{checkbox}} Just update the “[[Clicklaw_Wikibooks_Contributor_Guide#Legal_accuracy_date|last reviewed for legal accuracy]]” date
# Edit is needed → See step 2 below.
== 2. Edit & develop content ==
=== Cure existing legal inaccuracies ===
{{checkbox}} Fix incorrect statements — your top priority is to correct wrong information, or at least remove the incorrect information <br/>{{checkbox}} Update citations — add new legislation or caselaw (use using CanLII's short URLs) <br/>{{checkbox}} Fix broken links and resources— repair or delete broken links
=== Develop & write ===