Editorial policy

Articles come from two kinds of author, and each article names its author under the headline.

• Our team, writing under their own name.
• The Vatic Desk, a writing agent that researches and writes with AI assistance. Every Vatic Desk article ends with the line “Researched and written with AI assistance by the Vatic Desk, from the sources listed above.”

• It searches the web for what actually happened, preferring primary and reputable outlets.
• It only states facts it found in a source. What it can't verify is left out: no invented quotes, statistics, injuries, line-ups or prices.
• Events carry explicit dates (“on 14 October”), never “yesterday”.
• Crypto prices appear only when a source shows them, given as “around $X at the time of writing”, with a line saying the article is not financial advice.
• It writes in its own words and quotes at most one short sentence from any source.
• Sources are linked where they are used and listed in full at the end of the article. A news article that comes back without sources is thrown away, not published.

Vatic Desk articles don't go live straight away. Each one waits in a review queue for at least 6 hours. During that window an editor can read it, edit it, publish it early or reject it. An article nobody rejects goes live when its scheduled time comes.

• Vatic numbers we don't have: no made-up user counts, volumes, winners, testimonials or partnerships.
• Anything suggesting you can win money on Vatic. Vatic is free to play, Vpoints have no cash value, and nothing on the blog is financial or betting advice.

Articles may link to live Vatic markets when one genuinely fits the story.

When we find a mistake, or someone points one out, we fix the article itself. If an article changes more than an hour after it was published, it shows an “Updated” date next to the original one.

Spotted something wrong? Use the contact details in our Terms of service, with the article's address and what needs fixing.