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Submission Guidelines

Entry Submission Requirements

An entry must satisfy all three of the following:

Objectively Harmful

Caused measurable harm to people, institutions, the environment, or public trust.

Verifiable

Documented by at least one credible, publicly accessible source.

Attributable

Harm is directly and clearly linked to the named entity.

Checklist:

  • Written in neutral and factual language
  • Source is credible and publicly accessible
  • Claims are to their sources without editorial judgment
  • Status is clearly indicated (e.g. alleged, charged, convicted, acquitted, settled, dismissed, disputed)
  • Written in English only

Does not qualify:

  • Political or ideological disagreement
  • Personal opinions or unverified rumors
  • Source with a known misinformation track record
  • Source with a clear ideological agenda

✅ Approved Formats

    "[Person] charged with [X]"

    "[Source] accuses [Person] of [X]"

    "Lawsuit reveals [Person] may have done [X]"

❌ Rejected Formats

    "[Person] did [X]" (direct accusation without attribution)

    "Evil [Person] has done [X]" (editorial judgment)

    "Person on Social Media says [Person] did [Y]" (non credible source)

Entities

Criterias:

  • Public figures only — politicians, executives, corporations, institutions, NGOs.
  • Private individuals cannot be submitted.

Account & Profile Requirements

Your profile and activity are held to the same standards as your submissions.

  • Profile pictures must be appropriate and not offensive, explicit, or hateful.
  • Usernames must not be hateful, discriminatory, or designed to harass.
  • Violation of these requirements may result in profile warnings, content removal, or account suspension.

Sources

Every event submission requires at least one source. Precedence order:

  1. 1Investigative journalism with named authors
  2. 2Established news organizations with editorial standards
  3. 3Court documents, official government reports, regulatory filings
  4. 4Academic papers or NGO audit reports
Not accepted: social media posts, anonymous blogs, opinion columns, or sites with known misinformation track records.

Edit Proposals

Proposals improve existing entries. All proposals are reviewed before being applied.

A proposal may:

  • Correct factual errors (wrong year, name, source)
  • Add a better or additional source
  • Improve clarity or neutrality of a description
  • Update an event's status (e.g. conviction overturned)

A proposal may not:

  • Introduce personal opinion or bias
  • Remove verified information without justification
  • Change a verdict that is still legally active
  • Present allegations as established facts

Submissions violating these guidelines will be rejected. Repeated bad-faith submissions may result in account restrictions.