Archive Purpose
These guidelines help protect the quality, accuracy, usefulness, and long term value of MongArchive.
Materials should support careful research, source preservation, public learning, and responsible documentation related to Mong history, identity, language, records, sources, and related topics.
MongArchive is an independent archive and research platform. It is not an official archival institution, government agency, university archive, museum, library system, court, legal authority, or public records office.
Community Submissions
Community members may submit materials to MongArchive for review. Submissions may include sources, records, corrections, oral histories, photos, documents, maps, citations, research leads, source notes, and related documentation.
Submitting material does not mean it will automatically be added to the archive, published on the website, verified, or permanently preserved. All submissions are reviewed before they are used publicly.
- Submit materials that are relevant to the archive’s purpose.
- Provide clear titles and descriptions.
- Explain where the material came from.
- Include dates, names, locations, source details, archive links, and citations when available.
- Do not submit unrelated, misleading, private, harmful, or low-quality materials.
Use Sources When Available
Documented materials are strongly encouraged. When submitting historical, linguistic, genealogical, identity related, or research related information, include sources whenever possible.
Useful references may include books, published articles, archival materials, maps, inscriptions, public records, primary texts, oral history details, photographs, documents, interviews, or other credible records.
- Cite sources clearly when making factual claims.
- Separate evidence from opinion, memory, theory, or interpretation.
- Do not present uncertain claims as proven facts.
- Label oral history, family memory, or community knowledge clearly.
- When possible, link to original sources instead of reposting full materials.
Review Process
All submitted materials are reviewed by the MongArchive team before publication or archive inclusion. Review helps protect accuracy, privacy, copyright, safety, readability, and archive integrity.
MongArchive may organize, edit for formatting, label, reject, remove, restrict, archive privately, or request more information for submitted materials.
- Submitted: The material has been received.
- Under Review: The material is being checked for context, sources, formatting, and archive fit.
- Needs Sources: More citation, source, permission, or context information is needed.
- Reviewed: Review has been completed and the material may move to the next archive decision stage.
- Accepted: The material has been accepted for possible organization, citation, or public archive display.
- Not Accepted: The material was not accepted for publication or archive inclusion.
Respect Copyright and Permissions
Do not submit copyrighted material unless you own the rights, have permission, the material is public domain, or your use is legally allowed.
If you submit photos, documents, recordings, oral histories, translations, scans, articles, maps, or family materials, make sure you have the right to share them.
- Do not upload stolen, leaked, or unauthorized materials.
- Credit creators, authors, translators, photographers, publishers, archives, and source holders when known.
- Include original links, archive locations, page numbers, or citation details when available.
- Use short excerpts and clear citations when full material cannot be shared.
- Respect privacy when submitting family, personal, or community records.
Oral Histories and Community Memory
Oral histories, family memories, interviews, personal accounts, and community knowledge may be valuable parts of historical preservation.
These materials should be labeled clearly. They should not be presented as confirmed historical evidence unless they are supported by reliable documentation.
- Identify whether the material is oral history, family memory, interview, personal account, or community knowledge.
- Include the date, location, speaker, interviewer, language, and background context when appropriate.
- Respect living people, families, private information, and sensitive community matters.
- Do not submit private recordings, names, images, or personal stories without permission when permission is needed.
Identity, Language, Ancestry, and Genetics
Materials related to identity, language, ancestry, genealogy, clan history, ethnic classification, migration, genetics, DNA, population history, or historical naming should be handled with care and respect.
MongArchive does not determine, certify, approve, deny, or police any person’s identity, ancestry, community belonging, family history, or personal background.
Genetic information does not define the full identity, history, dignity, rights, or belonging of any person or community. DNA related materials are provided for educational and research discussion only and should be interpreted carefully, with context, and with awareness of their limits.
Historical, linguistic, genealogical, genetic, or identity related materials may not be used to harass, stereotype, insult, rank, exclude, shame, target, or police any person, family, community, or group.
Respectful Use
MongArchive materials should be used with respect for the people, families, communities, records, and histories connected to them.
- Do not use archive materials to harass, threaten, shame, insult, or target people.
- Do not use materials to stereotype or rank communities, families, identities, or ancestry groups.
- Do not misrepresent archive materials or remove important context.
- Do not use archive materials to spread false claims or misleading narratives.
No Spam or Self-Promotion
Spam, unrelated advertising, repetitive submissions, misleading links, and low-effort promotional content are not allowed.
Relevant books, articles, websites, projects, videos, maps, databases, or resources may be submitted when they directly support the archive’s research and preservation purpose.
Keep Materials Legal and Appropriate
Do not submit illegal content, malware, stolen materials, private information, threats, harassment, doxxing, impersonation, or content that encourages harm.
MongArchive may remove or restrict access to materials that raise concerns about legality, safety, privacy, copyright, accuracy, harassment, misuse, or archive integrity.
Corrections and Updates
Corrections are welcome. If you notice an error, unclear citation, broken link, missing source, mislabeled material, outdated information, or a privacy concern, you may submit a correction or contact MongArchive.
Corrections help improve the accuracy, usefulness, and long term value of the archive.
Requests may be reviewed before action is taken, especially if the request involves archive records, source documentation, public materials, copyright concerns, privacy concerns, or preservation needs.
External Links and References
MongArchive may link to external websites, public archives, libraries, books, articles, databases, videos, documents, organizations, or third party resources.
External links are provided for reference, research, citation, access, or convenience. MongArchive does not control external websites and is not responsible for their accuracy, availability, security, privacy practices, content, policies, or future changes.
Respect the Review Process
Review decisions are intended to keep MongArchive clear, careful, respectful, and useful for readers and future visitors.
MongArchive may edit, organize, label, reject, restrict, or remove submissions when needed to protect accuracy, safety, copyright, privacy, and the integrity of the archive.
Related Policies
For additional information about submissions, copyright, identity, ancestry, language, and genetics, please review the following pages: