This policy explains who creates BoxJellyfish.org content, how evidence is selected, how tools may assist production and how errors are corrected.
Purpose before traffic
Each page must answer a genuine reader need within the site’s focused subject: box jellyfish biology, species, ecology or safety. A proposed page should not be published merely because a keyword exists. When an existing article already serves the same intent, the preferred action is to improve or consolidate that article rather than create a competing URL.
Source hierarchy
- Medical and emergency guidance: current resuscitation councils, government health services, poison information services and responsible regional public-health authorities.
- Taxonomy and biology: original species descriptions, peer-reviewed research, museum records, universities and government science agencies.
- Context: responsible secondary sources may clarify a topic but should not be the only support for a safety-critical, quantitative, distribution or taxonomic claim.
Claim-level evidence
- Important factual claims link to the supporting source near the claim.
- Species names are used when behavior, distribution or medical risk differs by species.
- Estimates, conflicting evidence, geographic variation and unknowns are labeled.
- Headlines must describe the page accurately and avoid unsupported superlatives.
- Editorial diagrams are labeled as illustrations; licensed photographs retain source and license information.
Who, how and why
Articles use the BoxJellyfish.org organizational byline. The site does not imply an individual expert credential that has not been supplied and verified. The reason for publishing is to help readers understand or act safely—not to manufacture pages around search terms.
Editorial and automated tools may assist with planning, drafting, formatting, transcription, link checks and accessibility checks. Such tools are not sources. A publishable article must still contain traceable evidence, meaningful editorial judgment, uncertainty where appropriate and value beyond a rearrangement of other pages.
Medical-content safeguards
Emergency actions appear before background explanation. Advertising must not interrupt emergency instructions or safety decision tables. Unless an article explicitly names a qualified reviewer and describes the review, independent clinical review remains pending. The site does not diagnose readers or replace local emergency guidance.
Originality and consolidation
Before publication, a page is checked against the site’s existing URLs. Closely overlapping pages should be merged, redirected or given clearly different purposes. Filler, copied passages, superficial paraphrasing and unsupported claims are not acceptable ways to increase article length.
Updates and corrections
A visible review date changes only after a material review. Confirmed errors are corrected promptly; meaningful safety corrections should be explained. Broken links and formatting defects may be repaired without a separate editorial note. Reports can be submitted through the contact page and are handled under the corrections policy.
Advertising and conflicts
Advertising may support site operation, but advertisers do not approve articles or control conclusions. Sponsored or affiliate material, if introduced, must be conspicuously labeled. Editorial pages must remain useful without requiring an ad click.
Effective: September 2, 2026.