Content editing

Content should be reviewed and approved by an editor before it's published. 

On this page

• Checklist for content creators
• Checklist for editors

Checklist for content creators

• Check your work against the Web Style Guide
• Follow the Plain Language Checklist
• Follow the Web Content Standards
• Have you considered cultural safety and Indigenous Gender-Based Analysis?
• Leave the content for a day or two after you write it, and then edit it
• Read it out loud or have your computer read it to you
• Ask a colleague from another team to read your work
• Check spelling, facts and dates are correct
• Check the content is at or below a grade 8 reading level
• Findability: is it easy to find?
• Is it easy to scan for information?

Checklist for editors

• Does it follow the Web Content Standards?
• Has the content been reviewed for cultural safety and Indigenous Gender-Based Analysis?
• The purpose of the content is clear, relevant and useful
• Information is accurate and when necessary includes supporting details or examples
• The tone of the writing is clear, consistent and appropriate for the audience
• Information is grouped clearly
• The order the content is in makes sense
• The page title and headings clearly describe the page content
• Spelling follows the Canadian Oxford Dictionary
• Grammar, punctuation and formatting follow the Web Style Guide
• The writing is in plain language