Editorial method

One question per entry

Every entry on Round Sheet starts from one question an organiser asks before or during a competition. The first sentence answers it. The rest of the entry shows the working: the rulebook clause, the arithmetic, the document that carries the decision, and the point in the day where it has to be settled.

Sources are read and named

The desk reads published documents: rulebooks and regulations, entry forms, heat lists, programs, marks sheets and results as published. Every entry lists the sources it read, with the date those sources were checked. Where a rule differs between federations, the entry says which body the rule comes from and what the other bodies set.

Dates carry the text

Deadlines are written as calendar dates, not as counts of days. Counts are given as counts: couples per heat, judges per panel, marks per dance, minutes of floor time. When an example is used, it is worked through with numbers that add up.

What the desk keeps out

The desk publishes no calendar, holds no entry list and speaks for no federation. Organisers, judges, studios and software are described in the third person. Every correction that can be verified against a document is applied, and the entry's date is updated when it is applied.