Editorial Policy, Sourcing & Republication Rules

Who publishes this site

UkuleleHistory.info is written and edited by Daniel Reed and published at ukulelehistory.info only. Every article on this domain is drafted for this site first. We do not syndicate our text to other domains, we do not operate mirror sites in other country extensions, and we are not affiliated with any similarly named website.

How we research

• Dates and events are tied to a documentary anchor wherever one exists: ship arrival records, Honolulu newspaper advertisements, dictionary entries, exposition programmes and museum catalogue descriptions.
• Where the record is contested, we say so in the text instead of picking the tidier version. The meaning of the word “ukulele” is the clearest example: two explanations circulate and neither can be settled from surviving sources.
• We do not invent quotations, citations, credentials, prices, survey figures or product reviews. If a number cannot be traced to a source, it does not appear on the page.
• Institutions we lean on most often are named on the sources section of the homepage, including the Bishop Museum in Honolulu and the Library of Congress.

First publication and content ownership

This site went live in March 2026 and its historical guides were published here before appearing anywhere else. All text, section structure, FAQ wording, glossary entries, timeline copy and interactive tools on this domain are original editorial work owned by UkuleleHistory.info.

If you find our wording reproduced on another domain, the copy there is a republication. The canonical version of each article is the one served from ukulelehistory.info at the URL declared in that page’s own canonical tag.

Republication and licensing

Short quotations are welcome with a visible credit and a followable link to the page quoted. Wholesale reproduction of an article, an FAQ set or a section of this site is not permitted without written permission. Automated scraping for the purpose of rebuilding this site elsewhere is expressly refused.

Permission requests, credit questions and takedown notices: help@ukulelehistory.info.

Corrections

History gets revised when better records surface. If you can show that something here is wrong, email us with the source and we will correct the page and update its modification date rather than quietly editing it. Substantive corrections are noted in the text itself.

Independence

Instrument and accessory recommendations reflect editorial judgement about what suits a beginner, a teacher or a performer. No brand pays for placement, ranking or wording on this site, and any future affiliate arrangement will be disclosed on the page where it applies.