Editorial Board

Dressage Wiki is written and maintained by an editorial board. Authorship is organisational: every article is published as the work of the board, revised over time by more than one person, and reviewed by the specialist responsible for its subject before publication and at each update. This page describes the roles on the board and what each one reviews.

Editors

The editors research and write the articles, maintain the internal consistency of the wiki (terminology, cross-references, the glossary), track the sources each article depends on, and run the update schedule described in the editorial policy. The editors work in English, Dutch, French and German, which the European horse market requires: studbook regulations, auction conditions and sale contracts are frequently available only in their original language.

Sport review

Articles on evaluating horses — conformation, gaits, temperament, training levels, what distinguishes a prospect from a made horse — are reviewed by professionals active in international dressage sport, with competition and training experience through the FEI levels. Sport review checks that articles describe what experienced buyers and trainers actually look for, not textbook generalities.

Veterinary review

Articles touching health — the pre-purchase examination, purchase radiographs and their classification, common findings such as OCD and kissing spines, blood sampling and doping controls — are reviewed by an equine veterinarian with experience in purchase examinations. Veterinary review checks accuracy and, equally, restraint: these articles inform readers about what an examination can and cannot tell them, and defer judgement on any individual horse to the veterinarian examining it.

Market and legal review

Articles on the commercial layer — prices, commissions, auctions, contracts, VAT, customs, transport and import — are checked against primary sources: published auction conditions, studbook and federation regulations, government import rules, and EU legislation. Where an article summarises law, it is written as general information and says so; national law differs, and the wiki consistently directs readers with a specific transaction to a specialised equine lawyer or tax adviser.

Why the board publishes without individual bylines

Articles here are collective work under a fixed policy rather than personal commentary. Publishing under an organisational byline keeps the review structure, the sourcing rules and the update schedule — the things a reader can actually verify — in the foreground. The editorial policy sets out those rules, including how errors are reported and corrected.