Verification checks facts
Creator verified means objective metadata is backed by official or representative proof.
Creator standards
The Echo Archives welcomes creator input when it helps the record stay accurate, well-sourced, and useful to listeners. These standards explain what we verify, what we can update, and what stays editorial.
Ratings stay editorial
Archive ratings, notes, reviews, and collection placement are never bought, negotiated, or creator-approved.
Submissions are moderated
Creator and listener submissions can improve the archive, but only after review.
Verification scope
Creator verification confirms factual metadata when the archive has official or representative proof. It can apply to credits, official links, release status, episode or season details, format, language, and similar objective fields.
Verification can be added, revised, or removed if the source trail changes or a record needs a fresh review. Its purpose is to make records clearer and more reliable, not to create extra barriers for creators.
What creators can send
Creators and official representatives can submit new shows, correction requests, official links, verification requests, tag suggestions, and factual context that helps listeners understand a show accurately.
- Send only information you have the right to share.
- Keep corrections factual and specific.
- Use creator verification for official identity or source confirmation, not for review approval.
Metadata changes
The archive may update objective metadata when a submission is supported by a trustworthy source. That can include title styling, creator names, official websites, listening links, release status, credits, transcripts, runtime, and format labels.
When a field is unclear, the archive should use unknown, a blank value, or a TODO note instead of inventing a fact.
Editorial boundaries
Archive Ratings remain editorial and are never bought, negotiated, or creator-approved. Listener reviews stay moderated community content, separate from creator input.
Collection placement, archive notes, spotlight decisions, and recommendation language remain archive decisions. Creator verification must never imply approval of ratings or reviews, rating influence, paid placement, or endorsement.
Review process
Submissions do not auto-publish. The archive may accept, edit, decline, queue, or ask for follow-up depending on source quality, relevance, and current catalog priorities.
Participation should be respectful. Submission channels exist to improve discovery and data quality, not to harass, spam, impersonate, distort the catalog, or pressure the archive on editorial calls.
Send an update
Need something checked?
Creators and listeners can use the submit flow for new shows, corrections, listener reviews, and creator verification requests.