# Evidence review checklist (reusable template)

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## Before the article
- [ ] Write the exact central question.
- [ ] Distinguish public allegation, official statement, peer-reviewed estimate, legal finding and eyewitness account.
- [ ] Record event date separately from source publication date.
- [ ] Locate the most direct available primary record.
- [ ] Preserve the exact quotation, table and relevant surrounding context.
- [ ] Check numerators, denominators, geography, units and method.
- [ ] Ask what rival explanation could also explain the observed result.
- [ ] Look for evidence that would show the preferred interpretation is wrong.
- [ ] Identify parties requiring a meaningful opportunity to respond.

## Before release
- [ ] Verify every consequential name, date, number and superlative in the final edited text.
- [ ] Review sensitive information, consent, image and quotation rights.
- [ ] Distinguish forecasts, plans, allocations, outputs and measured outcomes.
- [ ] Do not claim to have consulted original records available only as catalogue metadata.
- [ ] Include source links that let the reader check the argument.
- [ ] Recheck live facts on publication day.
- [ ] Log post-publication corrections transparently.

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