Editorial Policy

WeekdayMealPrep.org is maintained under an editorial policy designed for small practical products. The site is not trying to look bigger than it is. It is trying to be clearer, steadier, and more trustworthy than the average thin planning surface.

1. Product-first editorial rule

Pages are judged by whether they help the product make sense. Explanations, trust pages, and product copy should reduce confusion, not merely fill space. A page that technically exists but still feels shell-like fails this policy.

2. Accuracy over performance

The site prefers accurate limits over inflated claims. If the product cannot safely or honestly do something, the copy should say so. Editorial work should make the site feel more grounded, not more theatrical.

3. Maintenance obligations

When site behaviour changes, the trust pages must change too. Metadata, canonical signals, footer trust links, and mobile usability are part of editorial maintenance because they shape how the site is interpreted by both humans and review systems.

4. Correction handling

When a material error is found, the preferred sequence is straightforward: confirm the problem, repair the page or behaviour, re-check the hosted result, and update any trust language affected by the fix. Notes alone are not treated as completion.

5. Non-professional boundary

The editorial voice may be practical and confident, but it is not a substitute for professional dietary, medical, or legal advice. This policy exists in part to keep that boundary visible across the whole site family.

6. Identity and authorship rule

Editorial identity should be visible enough that a reviewer can understand who is responsible for maintaining the product and what that responsibility includes. Anonymous-looking trust pages weaken confidence even when the main tool works.

7. Trust-page coherence rule

Privacy, terms, cookies, disclaimer, contact, author, and methodology pages should read like parts of the same site rather than as unrelated legal fragments pasted in from elsewhere. Coherence is part of credibility.

8. Review-readiness rule

The site is expected to survive both human reading and policy-style review. That means claims should be proportionate, limits should be visible, and the legal layer should feel maintained rather than merely present.