Editorial Policy

1. How content is planned

Every article on Imperialpedia starts from a research brief: a topic, the primary sources we intend to draw from (regulators, official statistics, filings), and the reader question it is meant to answer. Writers work from that brief rather than from a keyword list, so coverage decisions are driven by what is genuinely useful to someone learning a topic, not by what is easiest to rank for.

2. Writing and review before publish

Drafts pass through a structured review before they go live: a factual check against the sources cited, a plain-language pass to remove jargon, and a check that any numeric claim (a rate, a threshold, a historical average) is dated and sourced. See our Fact-Checking Policy for the detail on how claims are verified.

3. Editorial independence from advertisers and sponsors

Advertising and any sponsored placements are sold and managed separately from the editorial team, and neither an advertiser nor a sponsor can request, approve, or veto editorial coverage. If a company or product is mentioned in an article, that decision is made on editorial merit alone, independent of any commercial relationship the site may have with that company elsewhere.

4. Final sign-off

Every published article names a writer, an editorial reviewer, and a fact-checker. The reviewer checks the draft against its cited sources and house style before it goes live, and the fact-checker verifies the specific figures, rates, and claims made in the piece. No article publishes without going through both steps, and higher-risk topics (tax, retirement, credit, investing fundamentals) get the same two-person review as everything else.

5. Questions about this policy

Reach the editorial team at contact@imperialpedia.com or via our contact page.