How entries are built
Every public record is intended to identify the speaker or organization, the date and setting of the statement or action, the relevant context, and a direct source link whenever one is available. Records also carry a last-verified date so older material can be revisited.
Quotation versus editorial summary
The site title, tagline, headings, summaries, and contextual descriptions are the site’s own framing. They are not attributed to a speaker unless the source itself shows that the speaker used those words. A direct quotation is displayed as a quotation. Participation in a joint letter, brief, symbolic action, or other documented event may instead be summarized in ordinary prose so an editorial summary is not mistaken for a person’s spoken words.
Record nature
Each entry identifies what kind of record it is. Direct Quote is used for words individually attributed to a speaker. Official Statement / Policy identifies language issued by a league, team, organization, or governing body. Signed Statement / Brief documents participation in a joint letter, filing, or organized statement. Symbolic Public Action covers documented acts such as wearing a public message. Editorial Summary is reserved for records where the archive describes the documented event rather than presenting attributed wording.
Source quality
Source quality describes the type of evidence, not whether this site agrees with the speaker. The archive distinguishes primary statements or interviews, official league/team statements, court filings or amicus briefs, governing-body documents, open letters or joint statements, major news reporting, and secondary reporting. Primary or official material is preferred when practical.
Classification of the position
Statements can be grouped by speaker type, sport, and the nature of the public position. The archive separates explicit competition support, opposition to categorical bans, broader inclusion language, and participation in signed statements or briefs. A general inclusion statement is not automatically presented as an explicit endorsement of every possible eligibility policy.
Signed letters and joint statements
When many people sign the same document, the archive may create individual participation records so those signatories are discoverable. In those cases the record is labeled as a signed statement or brief and uses an editorial summary rather than repeatedly presenting shared language as if it were each signer’s individual spoken quotation.
Corrections
If a quotation, date, attribution, source, or contextual description is shown to be inaccurate, the entry should be corrected. Every individual record page includes a private correction-report form. Supporting links can be submitted, and the public record is not changed automatically.
Visitor submissions
Source tips and solidarity messages are moderated. A submitted source is a research lead, not a verified archive entry. Source tips move through an internal research queue before an editor can turn them into a draft Quote Library record. Public support messages are displayed only after approval.