Editorial policy

How the writing on reelscum is made, what it relies on, and what happens when it is wrong.

How pieces are written

Articles, film entries and glossary definitions are drafted with AI tools, then reviewed, edited and fact-checked by a person before they go live. The opinions, the verdicts and the five-axis scores are editorial judgements. The dates, durations, certificates and rulings are facts, and they are held to a different standard.

Sourcing

• Facts about censorship and classification are taken from the classifying body's own published records where they exist, chiefly the BBFC case studies, and from court opinions and legislation.
• Film metadata comes from Wikidata; artwork and trailers from TMDB and Wikipedia. All three are community-maintained and imperfect.
• Where an article's sources are listed, they appear under the text.
• Runtimes and cuts vary by country and by release. Where a number depends on the version, the piece says which version.

Content notes

If a film contains something likely to change whether you want to watch it, real animal deaths being the usual case, the entry says so as a fact. This is information, not a recommendation either way.

Corrections

Errors get fixed in place, and an article changed after publication shows an updated date.

Independence

reelscum takes no payment for coverage or for placement. Where a page links to a place to watch a film, that is for the reader's convenience.

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