Stellar Editorial Standards and Corrections Policy

Stellar publishes entertainment news, explainers, viewing guides, product announcements, and opinion. This policy describes the standards readers should expect and the labels we use to distinguish one kind of work from another.

Accuracy and verification

Published factual claims should be supported by a source that is appropriate to the claim. Whenever possible, we prefer primary material such as an official announcement, a creator or distributor statement, an original interview, a release calendar maintained by the responsible platform, or the work itself.

Secondary reporting may be used when it adds independent verification or necessary context. Rumors, anonymous claims, and social posts are not presented as confirmed facts merely because they are widely repeated.

When a date, title, credit, or synopsis comes from a structured entertainment database, that dependency should be clear from the page or the surrounding product. Database records can change and may contain errors; they do not replace editorial judgment.

Headlines and article labels

Headlines should describe the article without manufacturing certainty or urgency. A headline must not imply that Stellar conducted an interview, viewed unreleased material, or obtained an exclusive source when it did not.

We use article labels in the following way:

• News reports a recent, verifiable development.
• Analysis interprets reported facts and should explain the basis for its conclusions.
• Opinion represents the stated judgment of its author.
• Viewer Guide is service-oriented, evergreen material rather than breaking news.
• Product News covers meaningful changes to Stellar itself.

Promotional announcements are identified as such. Paid placements, affiliate relationships, free products, travel, event access, or other material benefits must be disclosed in the article when they could influence a reader's assessment.

Trailers, images, and other media

An embedded trailer or clip remains the work of its identified publisher. Stellar should link to the original upload when practical and must not claim production ownership simply because the media appears on a Stellar page.

“Official” is reserved for material whose source record identifies it that way. Fan trailers, commentary, transformations, and re-uploads should be labeled according to what they actually are. Images must have a legitimate editorial or promotional basis for use and should include meaningful alternative text when they convey information.

Corrections and updates

When a material factual error is confirmed, we correct it promptly. An article's modification date is updated when the substance changes. Significant corrections should be explained in a visible note; minor spelling, punctuation, formatting, or accessibility fixes may be made without a separate notice.

New information added to an evolving story should not erase the distinction between what was known at publication and what became known later. If an article's central claim can no longer be supported, it should be corrected, clearly retracted, or removed with an explanation rather than silently rewritten into a different story.

Readers can request a correction through the contact address displayed in Stellar's footer. A useful request identifies the article, the disputed passage, and a source that supports the proposed correction. Requests are assessed on evidence, not on whether a person or company dislikes the coverage.

Automation and editorial responsibility

Automated tools may assist with transcription, research organization, grammar, translation drafts, metadata, or formatting. They are not a source by themselves. Published factual work must be checked against identifiable evidence, and responsibility for the final article remains with the named author or editorial team.

Stellar does not intentionally publish automatically generated plot summaries or rewritten reporting solely to create search pages. Useful context, original organization, and an honest account of sources matter more than publishing volume.

Independence and community participation

Stellar's editorial pages and community spaces serve different purposes. A subreddit discussion, poll, or user recommendation does not become a verified news source merely because it is popular. Community observations may inspire reporting, but factual claims still require verification.

Likewise, articles should contribute something useful where they are shared. We do not want community posts that exist only to drop a Stellar link. A native summary, a specific discussion question, and active participation are more valuable than repetitive promotion.

This policy will evolve as the publication grows. Material revisions will be reflected in the updated date shown on this page.