ENTITY · CONCEPT / TERM

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 / term →
Era: Streaming and the living archive →
Confidence: Well supported

Share a memoryWrite it, say it, or send a photo.Correct this recordA date, a name, a spelling we got wrong.Add a source leadA flyer, tape, article or photograph.

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

What people argued about this record — two documented positions each time, kept apart from verified fact. Browse every argument in the archive →

Commentary

Rumours are not seed data

One side

Rumour circulation

The other

Public record

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.

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