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Production Desk

It brings every desk's finished work into the article you receive.

  • Every article
  • One desk, one job
  • Live
Where it sits
  1. IEditorial Director
  2. IISource Desk
  3. IIIPlanning Desk
  4. IVWriters Desk
  5. VFact Desk
  6. VIQA Desk
  7. VIIEditor-in-Chief
  8. VIIIStandards Desk
  9. IXArt Desk
  10. XProduction Desk

The Production Desk receives the article from the Standards Desk and the picture from the Art Desk. It sends the finished article to your dashboard, ready for your site.

What it does

The Production Desk brings the checked text, picture, search details and every desk's verdict into the finished article. It preserves the decisions already made and sends the result to your dashboard, ready for your site.

This gives you the article and the record behind it in one place. Without that assembly, the status, desk findings and items needing your attention could be separated from the finished work. The article's panel shows which desks took part and what each found.

One desk, one job. Nothing inside it is split into roles.

What it takes in

The Production Desk receives the checked article from the Standards Desk and the picture from the Art Desk. It also receives the search details and each desk's record of what it found and did. By this point, the facts, search promise, writing and house standards have all been checked. The Standards Desk has decided whether the article is ready or awaiting review, and the Production Desk keeps that verdict as given.

What it hands on

It sends the finished article to your dashboard with its status, text, picture and search details. Where your site supports them, it also includes links to related articles you have already published. The article's panel travels with it and lists the desks involved and what each found, using plain verdicts, counts and short notes. It keeps private deliberation out of the panel. A quotation inside a desk note becomes "[quotation withheld]" before the note reaches the panel. If no fetched page carries a person's name, the article remains locked until someone accepts the name.

What it guarantees

5 things it holds to, on every piece it touches.

  • Each desk's verdict stands.

    The Standards Desk decides whether the article is ready or awaiting review, and the Production Desk preserves that decision.

  • Every article shows its work.

    The panel lists the desks involved and what each found, using plain verdicts, counts and short notes.

  • The panel stays reader-facing.

    It presents useful verdicts and notes without exposing the private deliberation behind them.

  • Withheld quotations stay withheld.

    Any quotation within a desk's note becomes "[quotation withheld]" before the note reaches the panel.

  • Unapproved names stay locked.

    If no fetched page carries a person's name, the article cannot be published until someone accepts it.

One example

The Fact Desk removes a quotation that appears in no source. Its note could repeat the unsupported words, so the Production Desk replaces the passage with "[quotation withheld]" before showing the note on your panel. You see the issue, while words nobody said stay out of the article.

On your article

The article panel lists the desks that took part and what each found, using plain verdicts, counts and short notes. It also shows what still needs your attention, while private deliberation and the words of a withheld quotation stay out of view.

Live. It works on every article.

Questions

What people ask about the Production Desk.

What appears in your dashboard when an article is finished?
You receive the article's status, text, picture and search details. Where your site supports them, the article can also include links to related pieces you have already published.
What does the article panel show?
It lists the desks involved and what each found, using plain verdicts, counts and short notes. It also shows what still needs your attention.
Can the Production Desk change another desk's verdict?
No. It preserves the Standards Desk's decision that the article is ready or awaiting review.
What happens when a desk note contains a withheld quotation?
The quoted passage becomes "[quotation withheld]" before the note reaches the panel. The issue remains visible without repeating words that no source supports.
Can an article be published while a person's name is awaiting approval?
No. If no fetched page carries the name, the article stays locked until someone accepts it.
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