Wave Editorial Desk
Reporting standards, sources, and corrections
Wave is a public music catalog and a small newsroom. This page explains what the newsroom publishes, how it distinguishes confirmed release information from commentary, and why it will not turn a third-party clip into a page of ads.
Write before we monetize
Wave does not treat an album grid, a search result, or an embedded clip as an article. News and Blog are for original reporting, release context, product analysis, and useful reader guidance. A post has to tell a reader something the catalog alone cannot: what is confirmed, what remains uncertain, why a release or policy matters, and where to continue listening legally.
We do not add text merely to create space around an ad. The writing must be complete if every ad blocker is on. Catalog pages, track pages, artist pages, and the YouTube player remain separate from our editorial inventory because those screens principally display third-party music information or media.
Name the source and the level of certainty
For release reporting, store listings and a rights holder’s own public announcement are stronger than a rumor account, an unverified screenshot, or a repost. We label an announced date as announced, a catalog date as a store listing, and a rumor as a rumor. If a date disappears or changes, the update belongs in the article rather than being silently rewritten.
For product explainers, Wave describes its own behavior directly and links to primary documentation where a platform rule matters. An official YouTube player is a video supplied by the rights holder through YouTube; a thirty-second preview is a preview supplied by a catalog source. Neither is presented as a Wave-hosted full audio file.
Use video only when it adds reporting context
A music video can be useful evidence when an artist, label, or publisher has made a claim in it, or when a release is best understood through its official visual. It is not a substitute for reporting. If an editorial article includes a third-party clip, our analysis and source context stay visible before and after it, and advertising never overlays, disguises, or sits inside that player.
We do not use ripped audio, download converters, lyric-channel lookalikes, or anonymous uploads as sources. When an official source cannot be verified, we link the reader to the relevant artist or store page instead of filling a gap with a speculative embed.
Corrections, ownership, and reader trust
Readers can reach the team from the About page or through the account feedback path. A factual correction changes the published page and is acknowledged in the update note when it materially affects the headline, release date, artist identity, playback claim, or financial explanation. We do not remove a correction simply because a post is old.
Wave’s editorial work is independent from ad delivery. News, Blog, Sales, and other reader screens are currently ad-free while the reporting archive expands and advertising review is unresolved. If an eligible placement is ever restored, advertisers will not choose the reporting, readers will never be asked to click or view an ad, and the player, navigation, and reading controls will remain usable without interacting with one.
Primary references
- YouTube IFrame Player API reference — the official player interface used for verified video embeds.
- Google Publisher Policies — including the requirement not to place Google-served ads on low-value or replicated-content screens.
Read News for product and policy reporting or Blog for release coverage.