Editorial policy

One question per guide

Every guide starts from a question adult beginners actually ask before a class or a social dance. If the answer fits in a section of an existing guide, we add it there instead of publishing a new page. A guide ends when the question is answered; there is no word count to reach.

Which sources we use

The right source depends on the kind of claim:

• Competition rules: the current rulebook of the specific organization, with its edition or date. If the rulebook is unclear, the guide says it is unclear.
• Class and social policies: the studio’s or host’s own rules, described as that place’s rules. Two studios can have different rules and both be right.
• Prices: published price lists, with the date we read them, what the price covers, the lesson length, and whether it is per person or per couple. Introductory offers are labeled as such.
• Shoes and gear: the maker’s instructions for that material or model. We don’t describe tests we haven’t done.
• History and biographies: institutional sources, academic publications and results archives. Older blog posts can point us to a fact but don’t confirm it.

Each guide links to the sources behind its specific claims: numbers, dates, rules and prices. General advice that follows from the guide’s own reasoning doesn’t get a citation just for decoration.

What we don’t claim

The editor is not a dance instructor. We don’t present opinions as a teacher’s assessment, and we don’t add “expert reviewed” labels, star ratings, awards or testimonials. If a detail can’t be confirmed, the guide either says so or leaves it out.

Dates and updates

Each guide shows the date it was published. The “Updated” date changes only when the content changes, for example when a price list or a rule is re-checked and something is different. Re-reading a page without changing it doesn’t move the date.

Corrections

If you find an error, send us the page and the detail. We check it against the source. If the guide is wrong, we correct the text and update the date. A correction that changes advice, a price or a rule is noted at the end of the guide.

Money

The site has no advertising, sponsors or affiliate links at the moment, and no studio pays to be mentioned. If that changes, the relationship will be disclosed on the page where it applies and on a separate disclosure page before the first such link goes live.