Editorial & Content Moderation Policy

1.Sources and attribution

Content may come from a submitter, organiser, institutional partner, public announcement, publisher, funder or conference programme. We keep the canonical source where one exists, and we avoid presenting an imported item as if the named person had submitted it. Professional facts should be attributable and checked against the primary source when practical.

2.Selection and ranking

Whether we include an item depends on relevance, source quality, completeness, timeliness, duplication and policy compliance. Search and recommendations may use text relevance, topic relationships, freshness and interaction signals collected with consent. Payment or partnership does not buy an undisclosed editorial conclusion or organic ranking. Sponsored context must be identifiable wherever it could affect how a reasonable reader interprets the content.

3.AI assistance

Machine systems help with extraction, summaries, classification, finding related listings and moderation screening. They can be wrong. You should check facts that matter against the source. You can contest an automated moderation outcome and ask for a human review. The AI Transparency Statement documents current uses, provider handling and known labelling limitations.

4.Corrections and removals

• minor metadata and formatting errors may be corrected directly;
• material changes should preserve source and revision context;
• expired opportunities may remain identifiable as expired rather than disappear;
• unlawful, infringing, deceptive, unsafe, or privacy-invasive material may be restricted or removed; and
• DOI metadata can require a persistent tombstone even when hosted files are removed.

To report an issue, email info@world-wide.org with the exact URL and supporting evidence. The Content Posting and Use Policy sets out the detailed notice and reconsideration process.

5.Independence and conflicts

Editors and reviewers disclose relevant relationships and step back where an interest could compromise independent judgement. Partners, funders and organisations can correct facts about their own material, but they get no undisclosed veto over criticism, reports or moderation. See the Conflict of Interest and Collaboration policies.