# Editorial decision worksheet

George Kelly · Edition 2026-10-04

This is a blank manual record. The method proposes an editorial decision; it does not predict discovery, automatically classify a page, or authorize publication. Keep private analytics in your own authorized records.

## Observation

- Reader question:
- Closest existing resource:
- Observed trigger and supporting evidence:
- Property, report, filters and timezone:
- Exact comparison periods and processing state:
- Unreported or unavailable evidence:

## Decision

- Primary action: repair / investigate / refresh / research then refresh / new study / new workflow / consolidate
- What changes for the reader:
- Why the existing answer does or does not own this decision:
- New contribution and its provenance:
- Primary sources and exact supported claims:
- Remaining unknowns:

## Preparation and release

- Owner:
- Planned effort in person-hours:
- Actual effort in person-hours:
- Claim, arithmetic, source, artifact and presentation checks:
- HTML and alternate-edition review:
- Current access state:
- Separate publication approval and actual release time:

## Observation after release

- Outcome and denominator to observe:
- Baseline prompt or reporting period:
- Observation method and next review date:
- Exposure:
- Attributed answers:
- Referrals:
- Independent use:
- QA or internal probes excluded:
- What changed and next decision:

A successful check, fixture run or deployment is preparation or release evidence. Record audience results separately and preserve unavailable values rather than replacing them with zero.