# List Article Evidence Planner

Ensure every item in a list article has a transparent selection reason, useful explanation, relevant evidence, boundaries, and consistent evaluation.

## Usage note

Choose the number of items from the selection method, not from a headline formula. Disclose commercial relationships and never imply that untested products were independently evaluated.

## How to use this template

1. Define the reader task, eligible universe, selection criteria, evidence cutoff, and disclosures.
2. Research each candidate with the same evidence fields and testing method where applicable.
3. Decide inclusion, fit, limitations, and comparison language from recorded evidence.
4. Choose an honest ordering method and write distinct, reader-specific item explanations.
5. Verify the final list, publish the method, and schedule feature, price, and availability checks.

## Blank template

### List method

- **Reader and decision:** [Who is choosing what?]
- **List promise:** [Comprehensive / Selected / Tested / Illustrative]
- **Eligible universe:** [Define]
- **Inclusion criteria:** [List]
- **Exclusion criteria:** [List]
- **Evidence cutoff:** [YYYY-MM-DD]
- **Commercial relationships:** [Describe or None]
- **Ordering method:** [Alphabetic / Task / Score / Other]

### Evaluation criteria

- **Criterion and reader reason:** [Enter]
- **Evidence required:** [Documentation / Test / Independent source]
- **Measurement or scale:** [Define]
- **Weight:** [If used, justify]
- **Unknown handling:** [Explain]
- **Disqualifying condition:** [Enter]
- **Reviewer:** [Name/role]

### Item card

Duplicate for every candidate.

- **Item, plan, and version:** [Enter]
- **Eligibility evidence:** [Reference]
- **Best-fit reader or task:** [Describe]
- **Relevant evidence by criterion:** [Enter]
- **Test performed:** [Method/result or Not tested]
- **Limitations and poor-fit case:** [Describe]
- **Price and availability checked:** [Date/market/source]
- **Commercial relationship:** [Enter]
- **Decision:** [Include / Exclude / Pending]
- **Reader-facing reason:** [Write distinctly]

### Final quality and maintenance

- [ ] Headline and introduction accurately describe the method.
- [ ] Every included item meets the same eligibility rules.
- [ ] Vendor claims and independent findings are distinguished.
- [ ] Scores and rankings can be reproduced from the stated method.
- [ ] Disclosures appear where readers will see them.
- [ ] Plans, markets, versions, and comparison periods are equivalent or qualified.
- **Update owner and triggers:** [Price, release, relationship, evidence]
- **Last full recheck:** [Date]