Omra Ramadan pages are drafted with the help of an AI tool. We do not tuck that away in small print: it is stated under the title of every article, and this page explains what it means in practice.
Who writes the pages?
No writer is named, because nobody has yet been appointed to sign or review the pages. Each page is therefore signed by the organisation, Wiki Tours International. When a person reads a page in full, their name will appear with the date of that review, and not before.
Where does the text start from?
From a facts register. Each fact is stored as one short sentence, together with:
- its source or sources, with their addresses;
- a confidence level: verified, likely or estimate;
- the date the source was consulted;
- the date by which the fact has to be checked again.
Today's facts come from desk research and still await re-confirmation by someone at the agency. Until then, our pages only say “Sources consulted on …”, and never claim that a named person verified a fact.
The AI tool writes from those facts and nothing else. It cannot add a number, a date or a rule that is not in the register.
Why do some dates say "estimate"?
The Umm al-Qura calendar is calculated in advance, while Morocco fixes the start of the month by sighting the crescent. So we give both, and every date not yet announced carries the words "estimate, subject to moon sighting". When the official announcement comes, the date becomes confirmed and the change is dated.
Which checks does a page go through?
Before publication, every page runs through a series of automated checks. A page that fails any one of them is not published.
In order
- Every number and date matches an approved fact of the register, cited in the same sentence.
- Every estimate carries its wording.
- Travel rules rest on at least one official source.
- No religious text is reproduced.
- The page does not repeat another page of the network.
- Every link leads to a page that exists.
Does a human read pages before they go live?
Not always, and we would rather say so. Articles that pass every check are published automatically; the publisher reviews a weekly report of what was published and what was flagged.
When a fact reaches its re-check date without being re-confirmed, the page shows "This information is being updated". If nothing changes, the page eventually leaves search engines until the fact is renewed.
What about the planner?
The planner is a small program that runs in your browser. Its reference dates are copied from the register, with their source. It sends nothing, stores nothing and calls no outside service.
Found a mistake?
Write to us from the contact page, with the page, the sentence and, if you have it, the source that says otherwise. We check the source first, then correct the page and note the correction.