Stale pages
If our web sites contain material which is clearly out of date, the BBC's reputation for high editorial standards may be undermined. Pages should be reviewed frequently to decide whether they are out of date. At the same time, producers should also test any links to check whether the sites being linked to still exist and, if so, to see that the material remains accurate, suitable and relevant.
At the time when pages are posted on the web, the department responsible for their creation should decide on a coherent management strategy for those pages. Consideration needs to be given to how long the pages should remain on the site, whether they will need frequent updating or whether they should be removed after a short period. Producers may plan to move pages to a different area which is clearly labelled as containing archive material or clearly label the pages as archived.
News pages must by definition be up to date. But any other page which advertises its topicality should also be up to date. Pages which refer to a specific event will normally need to be updated, archived or removed immediately after the event has happened.