Editorial policy

1. Scope

The site covers one subject: event listings, music festivals and beach sports around Atlantic Beach and the Crystal Coast in North Carolina — as guidance and method, not as a copied calendar.

2. Sources

Every article ends with a Sources section giving the source name, address and access date.
Information about an event must come from the official organiser, not from an aggregator.
A source must open at the time of checking; an unreachable source is not used.

3. No copied calendars

We do not pull event calendars automatically from another source. A copied calendar goes stale quickly and can send a reader to an event that has already been cancelled. Instead the site teaches you how to read a listing and points you to the official source itself.

4. Use of AI

Generative AI writes the first draft of each article. It is instructed not to invent numbers, dates, quotations or first-hand experience, but a draft can still contain mistakes. Each article shows the label “AI draft, not edited” at its foot, so readers can see how it was produced.

Articles are published under the Atlantic Beach & Crystal Coast Editorial Team. They are drafted with generative AI. Before an article is scheduled, the site owner reads it and approves its scope and the sources it lists. Articles have not been edited line by line by a human editor, and no individual is named as an author.

The owner's review checks that the sources are relevant to the topic; it does not re-verify every figure. Articles are also compared with their sources in a separate review, and an article in which that review finds a wrong figure, date or source is taken off the site until it is corrected.

5. Corrections

If you find an error, use the contact page with the page address and your source. We correct the article, or take it off the site while it is being fixed.

6. Commercial relationships

The site does not take money for coverage, does not sell accommodation, and is not connected to Festiva Hospitality Group or any resort company.