No. Editorial writes the events, headlines, stats, and summary copy. SleekRank only generates the topic-and-year landing page around the shared template. It reads recap rows from your database and renders the intro, timeline, top headlines, stat blocks, and FAQs unique to each topic-year, then drops your existing layout blocks into the same place on every page across the catalog.

Yes. Each row can carry an embed_block field with the chart or data widget specific to that recap. /year-in-review/2024-finance/ embeds a market-performance chart; /year-in-review/2024-sports/ embeds a championship-tracker widget. The shared template provides the slot; the row carries the embed configuration so charts render with year-specific data already populated.

Mark the current-year recap as in_progress with a last_updated field that reflects each editorial pass. The shared template surfaces an in-progress note for visitors, and your editorial team updates the events list as the year develops. At year-end, flip the flag to final and the in-progress notice disappears. Schema markup updates automatically with the new last-modified date.

Each row carries distinct intro copy, event timelines, top headlines, stat blocks, and editorial framing unique to that topic-and-year combination. 2024 in technology and 2024 in music share the year but have entirely different event lists. 2024 in technology and 2023 in technology share the topic but cover different events. Avoid copying boilerplate intros across rows in the catalog.

Yes. Add related_year and related_topic columns. The shared template renders a recap-navigation block that lets visitors jump from 2024 in technology to 2023 in technology in one click, or jump sideways to 2024 in finance from the same year. Internal-link clusters strengthen as the library grows across both axes.

When an event from a prior year needs reclassification, edit the row directly and flush the SleekRank cache. The affected recap page picks up the updated event list on next render. The row history in your database preserves the audit trail of what changed and when, which matters for editorial accountability when readers cite a recap years after first publication.

Yes. Add a recap_period column flagged year, decade, or century, and let the urlPattern flex to include the period. /year-in-review/2020s-technology/ recaps a decade; /year-in-review/21st-century-music/ recaps a century. The shared template handles all three because the underlying schema is consistent across periods, only the event count and timespan differ row by row.

Hide or remove the row, flush the SleekRank cache, and the /year-in-review/{slug}/ stops resolving. Set up a 301 to the closest live recap if the retired URL had meaningful backlinks or referenced citations. A status column flagged active, archived, or merged makes the audit straightforward once the recap catalog spans multiple topics across a decade of coverage years.