Standards page
About
What HeadlineLoop is, and what kind of publication model it is not.
Editorial Policy
How publishing and review work
HeadlineLoop uses a community publishing model, but it does not treat publication as an unmoderated dump of user content.
Publishing states
Posts may move through draft, pending, under_review, published, and deleted states. Not every post goes live immediately. Standard users may be routed into review depending on platform rules and role settings.
Manual review
HeadlineLoop does not rely on an autonomous bot to approve stories. Admin and editor roles can pick up submissions, move them into active review, publish them, or remove them where required.
Core quality expectations
- Headlines and summaries should match the underlying post.
- Posts should aim for original reporting, firsthand explanation, or clear analysis.
- Users should not upload material they do not have the right to publish.
- Manipulative framing, spam, and deceptive engagement tactics are not acceptable.
Bylines, sources, and visible accountability
HeadlineLoop expects public bylines, usable sourcing, and a visible correction path. A post can still be community-authored, but it should not read like anonymous churn or source-free filler if it is meant to sit inside a news-like surface.
Moderation and disputes
Reader reports, internal review, legal notices, or editorial concerns may trigger status changes, restrictions, or removals. The discussion and report flows are described in more detail on Community Guidelines and Notice & Action.
Publisher standards
These pages should work together as one visible standards file.
Readers, authors, reviewers, and crawlers should be able to move between the publication model, editorial rules, corrections path, ownership, contact routes, privacy notice, and platform terms without hunting through the site.
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Editorial Policy
How review, publishing, moderation, and quality expectations work.
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Corrections
How factual fixes, clarifications, and review reversions are handled.
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Ownership
Who operates the publication and where accountability sits.
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Contact
Editorial, legal, and notice channels for reaching the publication.
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Imprint
Provider identification and formal service details.
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Notice & Action
How to report allegedly illegal or infringing content.
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Privacy
How account, publishing, moderation, and reader data are processed.
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Terms
Core rules for accounts, publishing, moderation, and use of the service.