RevealNames publishes explanatory guides and phone records that can contain different kinds of evidence. A guide gives general information. A business source supports a particular association. A community report describes an individual’s experience. Our editorial approach keeps those roles clear so readers can understand what a page supports and what remains uncertain.
This policy describes publication standards. It does not promise that every allegation can be independently proved, every record will be complete, or every submission will be published.
Standards for guides and explanations
The RevealNames editorial team maintains the site’s guides under an organization byline. The byline identifies the publishing team rather than a named professional credential.
A useful guide should answer a recognizable question, explain the practical limits of its advice, and direct readers to relevant next steps. Where a claim depends on numbering rules, device settings or an official reporting process, source links should point to the relevant primary documentation. Guidance for one country should be labeled rather than presented as a worldwide rule.
Examples must be recognizable as examples. We do not present an invented call experience as testimony, a made-up audience figure as usage data, or an unmeasured accuracy percentage as proof of reliability. A longer article is not evidence that a particular number belongs to someone or has a history of unwanted calls.
Titles and descriptions should reflect what a page actually provides. An explanatory page should not promise to reveal every caller’s identity, locate a person in real time or recover digits that were withheld from caller ID.
What a community report should contain
A report is most useful when it describes an experience the contributor can explain. Relevant details may include whether the contact was a call or text, whether a message was recorded or spoken live, what the caller requested, and whether the contact repeated.
Keep the account specific and proportionate. There is a difference between describing a request for a gift-card payment and declaring that every person associated with a number is a criminal. A caller’s claimed business name should be described as a claim unless the contributor has a clear basis for saying more.
Do not include account passwords, payment details, identity documents or unrelated personal information. A public report is also not the place to submit a private removal request. Use the correction form for a disputed record or privacy concern.
A category-only response belongs in the separate quick-vote feature. It is not a substantive narrative report, and a category choice alone does not make a number suitable for public discovery.
How report publication works
New reports are received for review. The submission confirmation means the report has been saved for that process; it does not mean the report is already visible to other visitors.
Review considers whether the account is relevant and understandable, whether it repeats existing submissions, and whether it contains advertising, fabricated material, unsupported allegations or unnecessary personal data. Publication also requires permission to publish the contribution. Reports may be approved, rejected or flagged for further attention.
Approval means a report passed publication review. It does not mean RevealNames authenticated the contributor, witnessed the call or independently established every statement. Even a carefully described experience can be incomplete or disputed. Caller ID spoofing and changes in a number’s user can affect how a report should be interpreted.
An edit requires another review. Unreviewed replacement text must not silently take the place of an approved account. While an edited report awaits review, it is withdrawn from public report evidence. Rejection or withdrawal also changes the public report totals and can affect whether a number remains in a public directory.
Business sources and imported records
A business identity published as sourced information has different requirements from a caller name mentioned in a report. It needs a public reference, an observation date, a review and an appropriate basis for publication. A familiar name without a source is not enough.
Private imported records and saved-contact labels do not bypass these requirements. Their availability in a cache is not proof of accuracy or permission to republish them. A saved name can refer to an old user, a nickname or an incorrect association.
The data methodology explains how source information, dates, reports, quick votes and lookup activity differ. Search popularity and quick votes are not substitutes for substantive evidence.
Corrections, disputes and removal
Anyone concerned about a specific record can request a review. Include the page address, the disputed statement and the change you are asking us to consider. Explain the basis for the concern without sending sensitive documents in the initial message.
A review may lead to a correction, withdrawal, temporary suppression while an issue is considered, or retention of information with appropriate context. Submission does not guarantee any particular outcome or response time. Some questions require information that is not available from the original source or report.
When information is withdrawn, the decision must be reflected across the public number page and associated directories, feeds and sitemap. Removing content here does not instantly remove copies or snippets already held by external search engines. A private request’s receipt or administrative resolution is separate from the actual publication change.
Advertising and editorial context
Advertisements are separate from guides, sourced records and contributor reports. The presence of an advertisement does not authenticate a caller, validate a report or establish an endorsement of the advertiser’s claims.
External services may have their own fees and conditions. Our funding explanation describes free access and advertisements, while the privacy policy explains data handling. For a misleading ad, an unclear guide or a source problem, use the contact form and include the page address.