Editorial accountability

Editorial review workflow

This page documents how Kickoff Lens reviews football data before it becomes a durable public page. It is designed for readers, search reviewers, advertisers, and future maintenance agents who need to understand how scores, source notes, five-league release gates, and monetization boundaries are handled.

The workflow separates public-source facts, model context, editorial review, and private account checks. It does not claim Google AdSense approval, Search Console clearance, Bing account status, official league affiliation, or access to private team information.

Current review snapshot

Finished World Cup matches	95
Finished matches with incomplete event detail	7
Five-league rooms	5 competition rooms plus schedule, team, player, and source subrooms.
Review status	World Cup data is active; five-league long-tail pages remain release-gated until source-backed packets are complete.

Review lanes

Lane	Where it applies	Required evidence	Boundary
Score and bracket review	World Cup match pages, knockout tree, dynamic match cards	Final score, penalty score, winner, bracket advancement, source timestamp, and correction note must agree.	No score is rewritten for model confidence, ad copy, or promotion.
Event timeline review	Post-match recaps and match detail pages	Scorer/minute detail is published only when public event evidence is available; incomplete timelines remain visible.	No invented scorer names, event minutes, or private match notes.
Five-league release review	Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 rooms	Schedule, team, player, matchweek, and recap modules need source timestamp, citation note, correction path, and originality value before deeper pages are indexed.	No copied official fixture database or scraped club/player dump.
Source citation review	Source registry, source citation atlas, future long-tail pages	Allowed-use citation, prohibited-use boundary, checked date, and refresh policy must be visible.	Public links are freshness evidence only; they do not grant permission to copy official text or graphics.
Commercial safety review	AdSense readiness, advertising policy, homepage, match pages	Ads and sponsors must be labeled and separated from scores, source notes, model reads, and recaps.	No wagering language, paid-pick funnel, guaranteed-result framing, or official-affiliation claim.

Responsible roles

Role	Mode	Responsibility	Guardrail
Data updater	Automated	Refresh public match/ranking packages, rebuild source freshness, keep mutable data out of long-lived PWA cache.	Cannot invent facts or claim private Google account status.
Editorial desk	Human-reviewed	Approve correction language, release gates, source-use boundaries, and reader-facing uncertainty notes.	Must keep conflicts and incomplete source states visible.
Five-league release reviewer	Human-reviewed before indexable long-tail	Check source timestamp, squad-depth note, player-role evidence, matchweek context, recap fields, and noindex/sitemap state.	Blocks thin pages until originality and source fields exist.
Monetization reviewer	Public-side automated plus private dashboard check	Verify ads.txt, ad script placement, trust pages, risk boundaries, and invalid-traffic language.	AdSense approval, Policy Center, payments, and tax status remain private account checks.

Five-league release review board

The five-league section is public as a framework and topic-room system, but individual club, player, matchweek, and recap long-tail pages remain blocked until they pass the editorial review workflow.

Competition	Foundation score	Maturity band	Release review	Room
Premier League	84	operational-framework	Schedule, team, player, matchweek, recap, and source-room checks stay blocked until source-backed packets are visible.	Open room
La Liga	84	operational-framework	Schedule, team, player, matchweek, recap, and source-room checks stay blocked until source-backed packets are visible.	Open room
Serie A	84	operational-framework	Schedule, team, player, matchweek, recap, and source-room checks stay blocked until source-backed packets are visible.	Open room
Bundesliga	84	operational-framework	Schedule, team, player, matchweek, recap, and source-room checks stay blocked until source-backed packets are visible.	Open room
Ligue 1	84	operational-framework	Schedule, team, player, matchweek, recap, and source-room checks stay blocked until source-backed packets are visible.	Open room

Correction escalation

Keep the existing page visible with uncertainty if the public source is incomplete or conflicting.
Update the structured data package first, then regenerate static pages, feed, sitemap, social cards, and search-status files.
For knockout matches, verify regulation score, penalty score, winner, and downstream bracket advancement separately.
For five-league pages, keep long-tail routes noindex until source timestamp, citation note, correction path, and original reader value are present.
Record major scoring, penalty, bracket, source, or release-gate changes in the public correction trail.

Rights and monetization boundary

No official logos, club crests, kit images, trophy art, mascot art, official match graphics, broadcast screenshots, highlight clips, copied article text, or bulk copied fixture database.
No wagering language, paid-pick funnel, guaranteed-result claim, official-affiliation claim, private medical claim, or unsupported lineup certainty.
Ads and sponsors must be labeled and cannot change scores, source notes, model explanations, team profiles, player context, or recap language.
AdSense account approval, Policy Center status, payment profile, tax status, Search Console notices, and Bing notices remain private dashboard checks.

Related review evidence

Editorial policySource handling, corrections, model limits, rights boundaries, and sponsor separation.
Reader trust and data quality standardsPublication checklist, advertising separation, and rights-safe boundaries.
AdSense public readiness reportPublic-side monetization evidence and private-account boundaries.
Football source registryRegistered source links, allowed use, prohibited use, and source-link checks.
Five-league source citation atlasSource timestamp, citation note, correction path, allowed-use and prohibited-use fields.
Corrections and maintenance logPublic trail for score, penalty, bracket, source, release-gate, and policy corrections.
Football data operations roomAutomation loop, source freshness, release gates, IndexNow, and deployment verification.
ContactCorrections, source notes, and commercial questions.