Civic glossary · plain English

Understand the terms behind the briefing.

Short explanations for the public-record, newsletter and website terms that appear across Moghrey Mie: Tynwald, FOI, tenders, source ledgers, RSS, status markers and more.

Glossary

Definitions are written for quick reading, not legal precision. Source pages and topic hubs carry the deeper trail.

Parliament

Tynwald

The Isle of Man parliament. Moghrey Mie uses plain-English summaries to show what is on the agenda, who is involved, what was said and what may change.

Freedom of Information

FOI

A public request for information from an authority. FOI items should show the authority, request topic, response status and source link where available.

Procurement

Tender

A public buying or contract opportunity. Useful summaries explain who is buying, what they need, how suppliers respond and the deadline.

Official record

Public notice

A formal notice such as a consultation, planning item, road closure, court notice or service update that may affect readers.

Trust route

Source ledger

The Sources page that explains what types of records are monitored and gives examples from the latest issue.

Reader fix

Correction route

The route for broken links, unclear summaries, wrong dates or factual issues that should be checked against the public record.

Past issues

Archive

Permanent web pages for previous Moghrey Mie issues, with search metadata and topic context.

Feed

RSS

A machine-readable feed for the latest published issues, useful for feed readers and automated discovery.

Publish proof

Status marker

A public-safe signal that the latest issue was sent and published to the website, without exposing subscriber data or account details.

Commercial disclosure

Affiliate link

A product link that may earn commission. Product pages disclose Amazon affiliate links and keep them separate from editorial source claims.

Advert

Sponsored placement

Paid advertising that must be useful to Isle of Man readers and clearly separated from editorial material.

Reader summary

Plain-English card

A short card that explains what happened, who is involved, what deadline matters and where to check the original source.

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