Editorial Team & Review¶
Who is responsible for what you read — and how you can hold us to it.
WikiQigong publishes under a named editorial structure, not an anonymous byline. Every page is the product of a fixed pipeline of roles, each with a defined responsibility. This page names those roles, what qualifies them, and how errors get caught and corrected.
Why this matters¶
For a site about Chinese mind–body practice, trust rests on three things:
- The Chinese is right. Characters, pinyin (with tone marks), and dating are traceable and correct.
- The history is honest. We say "compiled around the Han dynasty," not "ancient secrets." Where a date is uncertain, we say so.
- The health claims are hedged. We say "may support," never "cure."
An editorial structure is how we make those three things checkable rather than promised. See the full contract in Editorial Standards.
The team¶
| Role | Responsibility | What qualifies them |
|---|---|---|
| Master Wong — Lead Author | Writes the core guidance and practice instructions; sets the voice and the "three registers" rule | 15 years of dedicated practice and teaching in Tai Chi, Qigong, and Chinese mind-body arts |
| Content Editor | Drafting and plain-English reconstruction of Chinese concepts | Bilingual writing; the person who turns a concept into clear English without stripping its context |
| Fact Checker | Verifying characters, pinyin, tone marks, dates, and citations | Working knowledge of classical and modern Chinese source texts |
| Reviewer | Second pass on health wording and the three-registers rule | Independent read; the one who catches "may support" vs "cure" drift |
We are not medical professionals, and we do not claim to be. Where a topic touches medicine, diagnosis, or treatment, the reviewer's job is to make sure we say so plainly and point to authoritative sources — not to speak beyond our expertise.
How a page gets made¶
Every page moves through the same five steps before it ships:
- Draft — the content editor reconstructs the concept in natural English, preserving characters, pinyin, and literal meaning.
- Verify — the fact checker confirms every Chinese term, tone mark, date, and citation against sources.
- Review — the reviewer checks health wording and that the three registers are clearly separated.
- Publish — Master Wong signs off; the build must pass
mkdocs build --strictwith 0 errors, and the page ships with structured data (Article + FAQPage, or DefinedTerm for glossary entries). - Maintain — pages carry a
date_modifiedstamp and are revisited as the evidence or our understanding improves.
Every page carries a visible byline (author, reviewer, publication and update dates) and a link to this page, so the accountability is not buried.
Corrections¶
We correct factual errors promptly and mark the change. If you spot a wrong character, a wrong tone mark, a wrong date, or a citation that does not check out:
- Open an issue on github.com/martinxionbiotech-max/wikiqigong — every change is committed publicly, so you can see exactly what was edited and when.
- Tell us the page, the claim, and (if you have it) the correct source. We verify and, where warranted, fix the page and note the correction in the commit.
What we will not do¶
- Invent history. No invented dates, texts, or lineages.
- Invent research. Every citation must be real and verifiable; where evidence is thin, we say it is thin.
- Overclaim health. No "cure," "treat," "proven to," or dosage language, ever.
That discipline is the whole point. It is what separates a learning resource from a content farm.
Where to go next¶
- Editorial Standards — the full quality contract.
- About WikiQigong — why this site exists.
- Medical Disclaimer — the health-wording rules.
- Glossary — the knowledge graph this team maintains.