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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]]
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 British Columbians addressing legal problems or learning about the law.  
# Clicklaw Wikibooks provide reliable, up-to-date, plain language information to help British Columbians address legal problems or learn 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 ==
# 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:


=== Read each page ===
== 1. Review for accuracy ==
 
{{checkbox}} Read and take notes on pages assigned to you


=== Review the law ===
=== Reviewing the law ===
{{checkbox}} Read laws in context — start with existing citations in the article <br/>
{{checkbox}} Review statute law — check statutory excerpts and compare to current legislation, check for recent changes <br/>
{{checkbox}} Review statutory 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 <br/>
{{checkbox}} Check caselaw — note up cases in [http://www.canlii.org CanLII]; note up key sections of legislation to find new cases <br/>
{{checkbox}} Consult secondary resources — review relevant CLEBC / TLABC materials
{{checkbox}} Consult secondary resources — CLE articles, treatises, journals, etc.


=== Verify statements and specifics ===
=== Verify descriptions of process and procedure ===
{{checkbox}} Procedural steps — have rules or policies changed? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Procedural steps — have rules or policies changed? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Forms — has a form changed name or been replaced? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Forms — has a form changed name or been replaced? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Deadlines — readers rely on these being correct <br/>
{{checkbox}} Deadlines — are stated deadlines current?
{{checkbox}} Monetary amounts, costs or limits — have these details changed? <br/>


=== Resource Links ===
=== Resource links ===
{{checkbox}} Check existing links — make sure they work and ALSO make sure they still point to the intended content <br/>
{{checkbox}} Check existing links — make sure they work and point to the intended content <br/>
{{checkbox}} Best external resources — have newer resources arrived and did old ones get stale? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Best external resources — are there newer resources, did the old ones get stale? <br/>
{{checkbox}} Best internal links — are concepts discussed that could be cross linked to more Wikibooks and pages?
{{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 ==
== 2. Edit & develop content ==
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=== Cure existing legal inaccuracies ===
=== Cure existing legal inaccuracies ===


{{checkbox}} Fix incorrect statements — top priority is to correct wrong information, or at least remove the incorrect information <br/>
{{checkbox}} Fix incorrect statements — your top priority is to correct wrong information, or at least remove incorrect information <br/>
{{checkbox}} Update citations — add new legislation or caselaw (use CanLII's short URLs) <br/>
{{checkbox}} Update citations — add new legislation or caselaw using CanLII's short URLs <br/>
{{checkbox}} Fix broken links and resources
{{checkbox}} Fix broken links — repair or delete broken links


=== Develop & write ===
=== Develop & write ===
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