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Do-not-seed rumour policy

Well supported

The rule that keeps this archive usable: nothing enters it because it is widely repeated. Unattributed claims, forum consensus and things everybody knows are exactly the material that hardens into fact once written down somewhere that looks authoritative. A claim without a source becomes a source lead for an editor to chase, not an entry.

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At a glance

Type: concept →
Era: Streaming and the living archive →
Confidence: Well supported

Connections

In stories

Story · Well supportedLaw, censorship and the dancehall public record

Noise laws, broadcast bans and courtrooms have shaped Jamaican music as surely as studios did — and they left the paper trail the studios never kept.

Debate & reception

How people argued about the music — praise, criticism and public debate. See all debate & reception →

commentary

Rumours are not seed data

Unattributed allegations, social-media claims and active unresolved matters should remain out of seed files unless a vetted court/regulator/major-press source supports a narrow public-record entry.

Stance: rumour circulation vs public record