Editorial and Review Policy

Scope

Math Symbol Toolkit is an educational reference for mathematical notation and browser-local utilities. A published symbol record includes a Unicode declaration, name, meaning, format mappings, examples, and related notation. Formula records include variable definitions, conditions, notes, examples, and common mistakes.

People-first publishing rule

Every indexable page must solve a clear user task. Pages are not made indexable merely because a keyword exists or a template can generate them. Supporting pages may remain available for navigation and internal reference while marked noindex,follow until they provide enough independent value.

Review process

Structured data is validated automatically for duplicate identifiers, invalid Unicode declarations, missing relationships, malformed slugs, incomplete formula fields, and SEO metadata. Core guides receive additional checks for:

• exact duplicate bodies;
• unusually high similarity to another guide;
• mismatch between title, slug, and body intent;
• insufficient task-specific sections;
• missing review date or reviewer;
• missing declared source coverage;
• repeated banned template language.

Core formula pages must additionally include a distinct worked example, at least three explanatory calculation steps, an applicability or domain statement, a result-verification method, formula-specific sources, and a recorded review scope. Supporting formula records remain available in the library but stay outside the indexable set until they meet that standard.

Automated checks are a release gate, not proof of expert review. Platform instructions, examples, and ambiguous notation require a recorded manual check before a page can claim manual review; otherwise the page is labeled only as automatically validated and remains outside the primary index.

Dates and change history

published records the original publication date. updated changes only after a substantive editorial change, such as correcting a fact, adding tested platform instructions, replacing weak examples, expanding a comparison, or revising a workflow. A routine site rebuild, style change, or regenerated footer does not justify a new article date.

Core editorial updates may also record:

• reviewedAt and reviewedBy;
• reviewMethod;
• verifiedAgainst;
• sourceIds;
• changeSummary;
• the primary keyword and intended search task.

Indexing policy

A guide is eligible for search indexing only when it has a clear standalone purpose, enough readable explanation, several task-specific sections, no exact body duplicate, aligned search intent, declared sources, and review metadata. Launch selection rules may keep additional eligible pages out of the sitemap while the site validates demand and quality through Search Console data.

Sources

The project prioritizes primary standards and official documentation: Unicode for character identity, LaTeX and package documentation for commands, W3C specifications for MathML, accessibility guidance for web presentation, and vendor documentation for operating-system or application input behavior. Established educational references may support mathematical definitions and examples when no single governing standard applies.

Corrections

Readers can report a symbol, formula, conversion, accessibility, or rendering issue through the contact page. Reports should include the page URL, disputed statement or code value, expected result, and a reliable source when available. Corrections are reviewed before publication and material changes receive an updated date and change summary.

Tool limitations

Browser tools run locally and are intended for education and drafting. They do not replace a computer algebra system, statistical package, standards review, or professional domain judgment. Outputs should be independently checked before use in graded, published, financial, engineering, or safety-critical work.

Core browser-tool evidence

Every index-eligible tool carries a tool-specific review record rather than relying only on a generic site statement. Each record includes the last review date, representative test coverage, compatibility references, verification scope, and known limitations. Core status requires all of those fields and at least one valid source ID; missing evidence fails the native build validation.

The review record verifies only the declared capability. For example, the equation solver is reviewed for numeric one-variable linear and quadratic equations, not for arbitrary symbolic algebra, and the browser LaTeX tools are reviewed against the bundled renderer subset rather than every TeX package.

See the review methodology and evidence labels for the content-family requirements and current core-tool scope.

Reuse and attribution

Reference pages provide permanent links, compact citations, Markdown links, share controls, and a self-contained embed card. Reusable output links back to the canonical page so readers can inspect limitations, review evidence, sources, and later corrections. The embed card does not reproduce the full article or load third-party tracking code.