The editorial team

How-to guides and news

Articles signed by the editorial team are prepared collectively, from the official texts, standards and studies listed at the end of each article. Every article is dated, and updated when the rules change.

“The editorial team” is the byline for content prepared collectively: short how-to guides, updates to existing pages, regulation explainers that mostly call for a careful reading of the official texts, and news briefs.

These articles follow the same method as those of our named authors. Every statement rests on a source cited at the end of the article, preferably the original official text, standard, or study rather than an article summarizing it. Numbers are recalculated and explained, rules are quoted in their current version, and the publication, update, and verification dates appear under the headline.

A collective byline changes nothing about responsibility: like everything in the magazine, these articles are published under the responsibility of the director of publication, and sensitive subjects, such as regulations, safety, survival, and bushcraft, are reviewed before publication.

Why a collective byline? Because some content has to stay accurate longer than any one writer stays on a beat: a regulation explainer, a table of benchmarks, or a short news item is reviewed and updated over time by several people on the team. Whenever someone reviews an article, their name appears under its byline.

When information changes, the article is updated; when a mistake is reported to us and confirmed, it is corrected and the correction is dated at the bottom of the page. To report a problem or suggest a topic, write to us from the contact page.

Articles by the editorial team appear in all four editions of the magazine, adapted for readers in each country: units, examples, and local rules where they differ. They are listed below, newest first.