Editorial standard · Secondary 3

OnTheRice editorial standard

Clear words. Full meaning.

Rais and Bryce inspect and print a carefully checked OnTheRice editorial standard.

OnTheRice is written for a Singapore Secondary 3 reader, or about age 15. We simplify the language, not the facts, evidence, warnings or rules.

The promise

Clear language without weaker facts, missing warnings or reduced meaning.

Some market and technology terms must stay. When they appear, we explain them in plain English.

  1. 01

    Use one main idea in each sentence.

  2. 02

    Prefer common words and active voice.

  3. 03

    Explain a technical term the first time it appears.

  4. 04

    Keep facts, opinions and unknowns separate.

  5. 05

    Show dates, numbers and source links clearly.

  6. 06

    Keep all risk warnings and limits.

  7. 07

    Never change a prediction after it is locked.

  8. 08

    Never turn an evidence score into a promise.

  9. 09

    After each Daily Editorial, publish the required private client editorial without rewriting the locked public issue.

Plain-language guide

What the key terms mean.

Root evidence record

The main sourced fact used by one engine.

Evidence reading

One useful point taken from that main fact.

Locked issue

A published issue that cannot be changed later.

Prediction contract

A prediction with fixed entry, exit and checking rules.

Invalidation

The event that proves a prediction wrong or stops entry.

Evidence score

A rating of source strength. It is not a chance of success.

Held pulse

No update is made because fresh proof is missing.

Release integrity

Whether this release follows all its stated rules.

Public rules

Readable by people first.

The public standard stays in plain language. The structured contract and its checks remain in the owner-only control room.