Editorial, Sourcing & Corrections Policy

Purpose and Scope

DayFactsis a date-based discovery index. It presents a selective collection of historical events, births, and deaths by calendar date. It is not a comprehensive record of history, an academic publication, or a primary-source archive. An entry's inclusion, wording, or position does not establish that it is more important than an omitted or later entry.

Labels such as “famous” or “notable,” where they still appear in navigation or older copy, are broad browsing categories rather than objective rankings or endorsements.

Current Sources and Provenance

At present, published entries store one reader-facing source URL, and the current collection links to English Wikipedia pages. Use the source link on an entry card as a starting point for further reading. A link does not mean that DayFacts independently verified every claim on the linked page or every sentence in the entry.

The current data model does not provide a full bibliography, per-statement citations, author bylines, or a public revision history for each entry. It also does not preserve enough per-entry provenance to identify every import, matching, drafting, or rewriting step that produced an older record.

Automation and Review Status

Collection tooling can import records from Wikimedia's “On This Day” feed, match entries to Wikipedia pages, and use automated tools—including language models—to draft or normalize short descriptions. Automated output is not an independent source and should not be treated as evidence.

Build-time validation checks items such as required fields, date-key consistency, and recognized categories. These checks can catch malformed records, but they do not prove factual accuracy, historical context, significance, or that an automatically matched source is the best source.

If an entry has no visible review label, do not assume it has been independently reviewed. “Source link checked” means only that the source link and entry identity were checked; it is not a fact-check. The label “Fact-checked” is reserved for a substantive editorial check.

Known Limitations

• The collection is incomplete and coverage varies by date, place, period, and topic.
• Reliance on English-language Wikipedia creates language, geographic, cultural, and source-availability bias.
• Historical dates and interpretations may be disputed or depend on calendar, time-zone, and naming conventions.
• Entries may contain omissions, duplicate subjects, stale links, mismatched sources, or wording that lacks important context.
• Display order is generally chronological and should not be read as an editorial ranking.

Corrections

To report a possible error, email newsletter@dayfacts.site. Please include:

• the DayFacts page URL and entry title;
• the date, wording, category, or source you believe is incorrect;
• the proposed correction; and
• a supporting primary or authoritative source when one is available.

A correction report is a request for review, not a promise of a response, a deadline, or a particular outcome. A record may be revised, relabeled, or removed when the available evidence supports that change.

Suggestions and Use of the Site

When the contribution form is available, it places suggestions into a pending queue; it does not publish them automatically. Queue acceptance confirms receipt only and does not guarantee review or inclusion. See the contribution page for the fields currently accepted.

For research, teaching, publication, or other consequential use, consult the linked reference and then verify the claim with appropriate primary or specialist sources. Please do not cite DayFacts as the sole authority for a historical claim.

Policy Changes

This policy may change as the dataset, review fields, and correction workflow improve. Material changes will be reflected on this page with a new revision date.