Community guidelines

1.The spirit of TrackFame

TrackFame works because thousands of people help keep a reliable, friendly record of the people who shape our world. These guidelines explain how to take part. They apply everywhere on the site — suggestions, comments, member profiles and usernames — and sit alongside our terms of use.

2.Suggesting a famous person

A suggestion is the start of a profile. Our research team checks every one before anything is published, and the better your suggestion, the faster that happens.

Who belongs on TrackFame

We publish people who are publicly known for their work or public role and covered by independent, reliable sources — for example significant national or international press coverage, major awards, notable published or recorded works, elected office, or leadership of a well-known organisation. Being active on social media, or having a large follower count alone, is usually not enough.

Please do not suggest private individuals — friends, family, classmates, colleagues or yourself — or people known only because of a single private incident. Suggestions about minors are only accepted where the young person is already widely covered for their public work (for example a professional athlete or performer), and we take extra care with them.

Writing a good suggestion

• Search first. The form warns you if the person may already be on TrackFame; duplicates are closed.
• Add sources. Link to reliable, independent sources: reputable news outlets, official websites, published books, award bodies or official statistics. Personal blogs, fan wikis, forums and AI-generated text are not sources.
• Use your own words. Do not paste biographies from other websites — copied text cannot be published and may be rejected.
• Stick to verifiable facts. Leave out rumours, opinions, private details (addresses, phone numbers, family members who are not public figures) and anything you cannot source.
• Photos: only upload an image you took yourself, one under a licence that allows reuse (say which), or one you have permission to share.

What happens next

You can follow your suggestion in My suggestions. It moves from pending to under research; we may mark it needs info and ask you a question; and it ends as published, or closed as rejected, duplicate or spam with a short reason. When a profile is published from your suggestion, you are credited on it and earn contribution points. Details are in our editorial policy.

3.Commenting

Discussions on profiles are for talking about the person’s work and public life. Disagree with ideas, not with people.

• Be respectful to other members and to the people we profile. Criticism of public actions is fine; abuse is not.
• Stay on topic. Spotted an error in the profile? Use Report incorrect information instead of a comment, so it reaches our editors.
• No spam, self-promotion, repeated posts, links to unrelated sites or requests for followers.
• Do not share anyone’s private information or speculate about their health, relationships or private life.
• Write in a way others can read: no all-caps shouting, no walls of emoji.

4.Content that is never allowed

The following is removed whenever we find it, and may lead to immediate suspension:

• hate speech or attacks on people because of race, ethnicity, nationality, caste, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or similar characteristics;
• harassment, bullying, threats, or encouraging violence or self-harm;
• sexual content, and anything that sexualises minors (which we report to the authorities);
• defamatory claims — stating as fact damaging things that are not true;
• personal information about anyone (“doxxing”), including public figures’ private addresses, phone numbers or family details;
• impersonation of another person, member, organisation or of TrackFame staff;
• content that infringes copyright or other rights;
• scams, malware, phishing and illegal content of any kind.

5.Your member profile

Your username, name, photo and bio are public. Keep them free of the content above, do not pretend to be someone else, and do not use them to advertise. One account per person.

6.Reporting a problem

Signed-in members can report any profile or comment with the flag option on the page, choosing a reason such as incorrect information, outdated, offensive, spam, privacy or copyright. Reports are private and go straight to our moderators. For urgent issues — a threat, or private information posted about you — also contact us.

7.How we enforce these guidelines

We usually start with the lightest step that solves the problem: hiding or removing the content and, where needed, a warning. Repeated or serious breaches can lead to losing the ability to comment or suggest, a temporary suspension, or closing the account. We may skip steps for serious harm such as threats, illegal content or spam networks. If you think we got it wrong, reply to our message or contact us — another team member will review it.