Editorial Policy
This is how CelebPedia is written. It sets out the standards our editorial team follows when researching, writing, checking and updating celebrity profiles and articles — and what you can expect from a page that carries our name.
Our aim is simple: a reader should be able to check the facts on any page. If a claim cannot be supported, it should not be on the page.
Our editorial principles
Sourced or unpublished. Every factual claim in a profile should trace back to a source we can name.
Original writing. We write our own summaries. We do not copy paragraphs from other websites.
Honest about uncertainty. Where sources disagree, or a figure is only an estimate, the page says so.
Fair to the people we write about. We publish information that is part of the public record, and we handle sensitive material with care.
Corrections are part of the process. Finding an error is normal; leaving it published is not.
Editorial independence. Advertisers, publicists and partners have no influence over what we publish.
How a profile is researched and written
Gather sources. We start from public records, official websites, established news reporting, reputable reference works and interviews.
Draft the profile. We write an original summary covering birth and background, career, personal life, key facts and notable work.
Attach the sources. Every fact we state is linked to the source that supports it, and the profile lists those sources at the bottom of the page.
Review. A second check compares the text against the sources, looking for unsupported claims, dates that do not add up, and overly precise figures.
Publish. A page only becomes visible once it passes review. Material that does not meet the standard stays in draft.
Update. Profiles are revisited as careers change and new reporting appears. Each page shows when it was last updated.
What counts as a reliable source
We prefer sources closest to the fact:
Official or primary — an artist's own site, a studio, label, club, federation, court record or government filing.
Established journalism — news organisations with editorial standards and named reporting.
Reference works — respected encyclopaedias and biographical databases, used as a starting point rather than the final word.
Direct interviews — including on-record interviews with the person themselves or their representatives.
We treat the following as weak or unusable: unsourced social media posts, aggregator sites that copy others, gossip blogs, AI-generated summaries, and press releases that make claims without evidence. Where a claim is contested, we look for two independent sources that agree with each other.
Fact-level citations
On newer pages, citations are attached to individual facts rather than only to the page as a whole. You will notice this in two ways:
a small numbered marker next to a statement, which links to the exact source used;
a key facts table where entries such as date of birth or height are pinned to the source that supports them.
This means you can verify a single detail — a birthplace, a release date, a contract — without reading the entire page. If a fact has no source we can point to, it does not belong in the profile.
Estimates and uncertainty
Some details cannot be verified exactly. Net worth is the clearest example: it is compiled from public reporting, varies widely between sources and changes quickly. Other examples include earnings, property, fees, height and award counts where counting methods differ.
In those cases we:
label the figure as an estimate rather than presenting it as official;
cite the reporting we used, so you can see the range of figures;
avoid false precision — we do not present a suspiciously exact number as if it were a fact;
state on the page how the estimate should be read.
Living people and sensitive information
We write about public figures because of their work. That does not remove their right to fair treatment. Our rules for living people are:
no private addresses, private contact details or precise personal locations;
no information about private individuals who are not public figures;
no unsourced negative claims about a person's character or private life;
extra care with sensitive subjects such as health, mental health, sexuality, criminal allegations, family disputes and minors;
allegations are described as allegations, attributed to the reporting that made them, and not repeated as fact;
where a person has publicly disputed something, that response is included.
If you are the subject of a page and believe it contains something inaccurate, private or unfair, contact us and we will review it. Privacy and safety matters are treated as a priority.
Original writing, quotations and AI
We do not publish text copied from other websites, and we do not reproduce whole articles from other publications. Short quotations are attributed to the publication that produced them and used where they add value.
Automated tools may be used to help with research, structure or drafting, but they are never treated as a source. Every sentence in a published profile is checked by a person against the sources we cite, and no page is published on the basis of unverified machine output.
Images and credits
Photographs and other media are used with a credit to the source, and the page records where the image came from. Where a licence or permission is required, we respect its terms. If you hold the rights to an image and believe it is being used incorrectly, contact us and we will review it promptly.
Independence, advertising and conflicts of interest
CelebPedia is independent and supported by advertising. Our rules are firm:
advertising and sponsorship never influence editorial content;
we do not write, change, rank or remove a profile in exchange for payment;
we do not accept requests from a publicist to soften or remove sourced facts;
commercial content, where it exists, is clearly labelled and separated from editorial pages.
Corrections and updates
If a page contains an error, email [email protected] with the page link, the detail that is wrong and, where possible, a link to a reliable source.
When a correction is verified we update the page, keep the source attached, and refresh the "last updated" date. We fix mistakes rather than quietly deleting the passage, because a visible correction record is more useful to readers than a silent edit. Where a claim is genuinely disputed between reliable sources, we say so on the page rather than picking a side without evidence.
Community contributions
When we open profiles to outside contributions, exactly the same standards will apply: changes must come with sources, they are reviewed by our editors before publication, and nothing goes live because a contributor asked nicely. We would rather publish a smaller number of well-sourced pages than a large number of unverifiable ones.
If a page does not meet these standards
Content that fails review is not published, and published content can be amended or removed if it turns out to fall short. Repeated or deliberate breaches of these rules can result in access being withdrawn. This applies to our own team as much as it would to any future contributor.
Contact the editors
For corrections, source material, disputed claims or complaints about how a page was written, write to [email protected]. Including the page link and a reliable source makes it much faster for us to verify and act.
Last updated: September 2026