Moderation Policy

All comments and contributions are reviewed before publication. A submission waits in a private queue until an editor approves it; nothing is published by default.

Three automated layers keep the queue usable, and none replaces the review: a hidden honeypot field catches simple automated spam; Cloudflare Turnstile checks that a submission comes from a person without setting a puzzle; and a rate limit stops any one source from flooding the queue.

Personal data. A contributor's email address is stored only in the moderation queue so an editor can follow up, is never displayed on any public page, and is deleted twelve months after the submission is reviewed. IP addresses are not stored; rate limiting keeps only a salted, daily-rotating hash, cleared within 48 hours.

Rejection. A submission is rejected for spam or abuse — promotional links unrelated to pedal cinema, harassment, content unrelated to the site — and on editorial grounds: a factual claim about wattage, dates or a technical specification that comes with no source an editor can check is not published as fact. Nothing linking to the one domain the site has identified as hijacked is approved. Editors may attach a short internal note to a rejection; a mistaken rejection is reversed on request.

Removal and appeal. To contest a rejection, or to have a published comment or contribution removed, use the contribute form and say what should change and why. If you leave an email address, an editor may reply personally; the site sends no automated replies.