These are the standards we use to prepare Everyday Wording guides.
Useful detail
Our guides are designed to help readers understand their options. We organise examples by situation and explain when an approach fits, where it may fall short and how to adapt it.
Original examples
We create our own message examples. We do not treat small changes to the same sentence as a substitute for covering different needs. Examples are illustrative, not transcripts of private conversations.
Honest wording
We encourage readers to express their own needs and intentions truthfully. We avoid promising that a particular phrase will control another person’s reaction or guarantee a result.
AI assistance and review
AI assists with drafting and organising content. Our publication standard requires checks for relevance, clarity, repetition, example quality and factual claims before an article is published. We do not label content expert-reviewed unless a qualified reviewer has actually reviewed it.
Sources and inspiration
Public discussion questions may inspire a topic, but popularity in a discussion is not proof that advice is correct. Where a factual claim needs support, we use relevant sources and distinguish evidence from editorial suggestions.
Scope
Our guides offer general communication ideas. They cannot assess every reader’s circumstances and are not personalised professional advice. We do not assume that preserving a conversation is always more important than a person’s boundaries or safety.
Updates and corrections
We aim to correct factual mistakes and clarify wording when a guide needs improvement. Substantive revisions should be reflected in the article’s update date. We do not change dates simply to make an unchanged article appear new.