Dnipro Atlas material should be useful, specific, calm and independent. A positive tone does not mean advertising: we show confirmed distinctions and honest limitations so readers can make their own choices.
How we choose topics
We prioritise distinct reader tasks: finding a verified address, understanding the format of a place, comparing several genuinely different options or reaching an accountable city service. A popular keyword or a desire to bring the catalogue to a round number is not, by itself, grounds for a new page.
One real entity is not multiplied across categories. When a place belongs in several contexts, the categories and guides link to one profile. A collection is not called a ranking unless a published method and evidence support that order.
Facts and primary sources
For Dnipro profiles, we accept factual claims from official national or municipal resources, accountable institutions, official public registers and the venue’s own direct channels. Directories, reviews, aggregators, community maps, websites created for mass link placement, automatically generated pages and search snippets can suggest a research lead, but they do not become evidence of an address, history, service or current status.
Wikipedia is a narrow secondary exception. We may cite an exact, substantial, stable and well-referenced article for general context, but a direct accountable source must still appear beside it. Wikipedia does not establish a current address, operating status, timetable, price, access, safety or another changing fact for the atlas. A weak or superficial article remains only a research lead.
An accountable institution’s domain does not make every page on it reliable. We check whether a particular document applies to the required entity and claim. Conflicting, compromised or overly broad material is not combined into a convenient version; the record remains under review or loses the unsupported detail.
Images and publication rights
For a current photograph of a place or venue, we prefer a daylight image showing the exact facade or entrance, with few people and, where one exists, the real sign or official plaque. Exact identity and the right to reuse the image matter more than composition. A photograph from an official website or social account is not copied without a separate licence, permission or another recorded legal basis.
We distinguish the date when an image was taken from the date when its licence was checked. An old photograph may show a place’s architecture or historic appearance, but it does not prove its current condition. If the capture date cannot be established, we say so.
One shared contextual illustration may be created for a category. It is not a photograph of a specific entity, is not inserted into a profile and does not disguise the no-photo state. Separate synthetic placeholders are not generated for every place or venue.
Changing and sensitive information
Timetables, fares, menus, tickets, telephone numbers, current entrances, repairs, accessibility, seasonal conditions and transport changes become outdated quickly. We either give a narrow, dated statement from an accountable source or direct the reader to the current channel without copying the value into evergreen text.
The absence of accessibility information does not mean that a place is inaccessible. Information about one entrance, ramp or service is not extended to the whole entity.
Medical, legal, financial, safety and other high-impact decisions require a separate policy and current authoritative sources. Editorial material does not replace professional advice or an official notice.
Writing, advertising and corrections
We write original copy, do not copy source descriptions and do not claim personal experience of visiting a place. Addresses, prices, opening hours, ratings, reviews, atmosphere, accessibility and popularity are not invented to fill a field or reach a target length.
Payment, a partnership or supplied material cannot silently determine an editorial choice. If a commercial format appears on the site, it must be clearly labelled and kept separate from the independent catalogue.
A confirmed error is corrected in the content and on related surfaces. The verification date changes only after an actual repeat check, while the update date changes after a meaningful editorial or factual change, not after a build or formatting pass.
The practical verification sequence is described in How we verify information.