Editorial standards

Bookitis policy

Evidence before interpretation

Bookitis begins with attributed public source records. Automated extraction may suggest books, creators, videos, or topics, but it does not by itself become an approved public taxonomy decision. Evidence is bounded by the indexed material and can expire when a source becomes private, unavailable, excluded, or opted out.

Bookitis policy

Controlled curation

Raw topic signals are retained for review; only approved controlled topics are public. Editors may approve, reject, merge, archive, or otherwise explain a topic decision, with provenance and reviewer information retained in the editorial workspace.

Methodology, editorial standards, and ranking standards are versioned and dated together when ranking behavior changes. See Methodology and Ranking standards.

Bookitis policy

Corrections and independence

Editors triage factual reports, record a status and response, and can escalate rights, safety, or uncertain cases. Creators can claim a channel, correct assertions, hide eligible material, or opt out through the documented controls.

No payment buys placement, a hidden-gem recommendation, a topic approval, an editorial decision, or a correction priority. Sponsorship is governed separately on the Sponsorship page.