Home DIY Pilot Editorial Policy
Our pages are written to help readers make practical decisions. We separate source-backed facts from judgment, mark claims that can age, and avoid publishing recommendations that depend on unsupported numbers or vague authority.
The editorial desk is responsible for publication, source-refresh decisions, corrections, and commercial boundaries. The site does not claim medical, veterinary, electrical, security, or legal credentials; when a topic reaches those boundaries, the article should narrow the advice or refer readers to a qualified professional.
Source Standards
Every article lists the sources it actually relied on — official documentation, public repositories, product data sheets, government or standards pages — with the date each one was read.
Freshness Checks
Prices, versions, star counts, compatibility claims, subscriptions, and policy-sensitive details are treated as time-sensitive. They must be refreshed before important updates, product links, or paid promotion.
Commercial Boundaries
Ads and future affiliate links do not decide recommendations. If a page later receives a product link, the link must support the article's existing decision criteria and disclosure.
Media Provenance
Captions identify whether an image is a supplied field photo, an original publication diagram, a supplied screenshot, or an illustrative image. Visuals may explain a decision, but they are not evidence of a test unless the article records that test and its limits.
Corrections
Readers can use the contact page to flag outdated sources, unclear comparisons, or claims that need a narrower source. Corrections should improve the article rather than simply add more text.
Home DIY Specific Rules
Home DIY Pilot does not present electrical, structural, gas, mold, permit-heavy, lock, or security-critical work as simple DIY. Product advice stays tied to current labels, compatibility, safe placement, manual fallback, and the point where a qualified professional is needed. Supplied photos and publication diagrams are credited separately and never used to imply an unrecorded hands-on test.