Field guides · plain English · no fear-mongering

Know the rules better than the reviewer

The policy pages are vague on purpose. These guides translate them into the specific, checkable things that decide monetization.

FILE 01 · THE POLICY6 MIN
The inauthentic-content policy checker: test your channel before YouTube does

The three signal families, what an external checker can actually see, and the fixes that move the needle.

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FILE 02 · RECOVERY7 MIN
Demonetized for "inauthentic content"? The recovery path

Diagnose before you delete, fix the pattern not the videos, and re-apply once with evidence — not three times with hope.

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FILE 03 · DISCLOSURE5 MIN
YouTube's AI disclosure rules, in plain English

When the altered-content checkbox is actually required, when it isn't, and why faceless channels should over-disclose anyway.

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