CMIChinese Musical Instruments

editorial policy

Editorial Policy

How pages are written, reviewed, sourced, updated, and held back when evidence is not strong enough.

What must be true before a page is published

Each published article must name the reader task, cite at least two source anchors, use a public commercial-safe image record, and avoid pretending unverified audio is available.

  • The page must answer a real user task: identify, compare, listen, learn, buy, teach, travel, or read a museum object.
  • The page must include source anchors and a next step that changes the reader's decision.
  • The page must not claim audio, seller trust, live performance access, or expert review that has not been verified.

Update standard

Pages start from structured instrument facts, then are edited for reader usefulness, source fit, image relevance, working links, and plain-language limits.

  • Last sitewide content review date: 2026-07-04.
  • Core SEO pages require deeper examples; long-tail pages require practical mistakes or next-step scenarios.
  • When a pattern problem appears, similar pages are revised together so the fix is not limited to one visible page.