Content Guidelines

1. Purpose of These Guidelines

These guidelines help keep the project's historical and educational content clear, useful, respectful and organized.

They apply to articles, country information, civilizations, biographies, timelines, heritage information, educational material, corrections, images, videos and other contributions.

2. Content Quality

• Accuracy: Check important facts, names, dates and places before submitting content.
• Clarity: Write in a clear and understandable manner.
• Neutrality: Historical subjects should be presented fairly and without unnecessary personal attacks.
• Sources: Provide references for important historical and factual claims.
• Structure: Use useful headings, paragraphs, dates, lists and descriptions where appropriate.
• Original contribution: Do not copy protected material from another website, book or publication.

3. Historical Content

• Clearly distinguish between established historical facts and interpretations.
• Include approximate dates when exact dates are unknown or disputed.
• Explain historical events in context instead of presenting isolated claims.
• When historians or sources disagree, identify the disagreement instead of presenting one disputed interpretation as unquestionable fact.
• Avoid fabricated historical claims, invented quotations and unsupported stories.

5. Culture & Heritage

Cultural and heritage content should be presented respectfully. Describe traditions, monuments, architecture, art, languages, customs and historic places without insulting communities or cultures.

• Use respectful terminology.
• Give historical context to important monuments and cultural traditions.
• Avoid stereotypes and generalizations.
• Identify disputed or sensitive claims when appropriate.

6. Images & Videos

• Use media that you have permission to use, own, or that is appropriately licensed.
• Provide the source or attribution when required.
• Do not upload copyrighted material simply because it is available online.
• Avoid misleading images that do not represent the subject being described.
• Historical photographs should include useful captions whenever possible.
• Videos should be relevant to the historical or educational subject.

7. Content That Should Not Be Submitted

• Deliberately false or fabricated information.
• Plagiarized or unauthorized copyrighted content.
• Harassment, threats or personal attacks.
• Hate-based or dehumanizing content targeting people or communities.
• Spam, advertisements unrelated to the project, or malicious links.
• Private or sensitive personal information belonging to other people.
• Content that intentionally misrepresents historical evidence.

8. Corrections & Updates

If you find an incorrect date, name, location, historical claim, link or other factual problem, provide the corrected information together with a reliable reference whenever possible.

Corrections may be reviewed before becoming part of the published knowledge base.

9. Contribution Process

A contribution can generally follow this process:

10. Editorial Review

Submitted material may be reviewed for accuracy, clarity, relevance, sourcing, formatting, originality and compliance with project guidelines.

Content may be edited for spelling, formatting, organization or clarity without changing the intended factual meaning.

Frequently Asked Questions