QC someone else's referencing in one pass.
Check a colleague or a freelancer's referencing against the source PDFs, then send back an evidence table with your decisions and reasons.
Why referencing QC is hard to do well
QC means re-reading someone else's sources without their notes. It is easy to check a sample and hard to check everything, and the findings usually end up in an email.
When the same question comes back next month, nobody can say exactly what was checked.
How a QC pass works in RefPack
- Open the writer's manuscript and references. RefPack matches every cited statement to its PDF.
- Review each finding with the passage in view. Use AI search for suggestions, or check by hand.
- Record a decision and a reason. Rejections and overrides ask for a reason, so the writer knows what to fix.
- Send back the evidence table. Every finding, decision and reason in one place, ready for the writer.
What the writer receives
- Every finding with your decision and reason
- The passages behind each decision, highlighted in the source
- The statements that need correcting, listed first
- A dated record of exactly what was checked
Questions
Do both of us need RefPack?
No. The writer opens the pack you send without a RefPack account.
Can I add notes for the writer?
Yes. Reasons travel with each decision in the evidence table; internal notes stay inside RefPack.