BlackMaxxing 100 standard
How recognition
earns trust.
Our process separates nomination, evidence, judgment, consent, publication, commerce, and correction so recognition remains fair and explainable.
In this standard
01Nomination is intake02Eligibility and evidence03Review and conflict control04Consent and fact-checking05Publication and commercial independence06Corrections, withdrawal, and retractionNomination is intake
Anyone may nominate, including themselves. Nominee awareness is recorded separately; a nomination is private evidence intake, never a public longlist, endorsement, or consent signal.
- Payment and nomination volume have no selection value.
- Duplicate nominations are consolidated around the contribution, not counted as votes.
- Sensitive or confidential documents are not requested.
Eligibility and evidence
Review asks whether the contribution can be responsibly assessed, whether claims are within scope, and whether evidence distinguishes outputs, reach, outcomes, and attribution.
- Public records, primary work, institutional materials, and independent reporting are logged.
- Claims that cannot be corroborated remain unresolved rather than repeated.
- Geographic and field diversity inform search, not quotas disguised as objectivity.
Review and conflict control
Reviewers disclose financial, family, employment, advisory, competitive, and close personal interests. Recused reviews cannot produce scores or recommendations.
- Structured scores focus attention but do not mechanically determine the list.
- Rationales are required for every recommendation.
- Reviewer identities and final governance will be named before an inaugural judgment is presented as complete.
Consent and fact-checking
A person cannot be published as an honoree without confirmed consent and completed fact-checking. The nominee may clarify, decline, or withdraw before publication.
- Fact-checking verifies names, roles, dates, material claims, and source context.
- Consent does not grant editorial control over independent judgment.
- Declining participation carries no adverse inference.
Publication and commercial independence
Each public profile includes a contribution summary, supporting sources, relevant conflict note, publication date, and correction path. Sponsorship, advertising, tickets, tables, donations, or partnerships cannot purchase inclusion or favorable review.
- No sponsor approves, suppresses, or previews the list for influence.
- Commercial relationships are disclosed where relevant.
- Paid promotion is labeled and kept separate from the editorial decision.
Corrections, withdrawal, and retraction
New evidence may correct a profile, change context, or require retraction. The status history persists; a correction is not silently rewritten as if the prior claim never existed.
- Factual corrections are dated and described.
- Retraction is available for material evidence, consent, integrity, or safety failures.
- Annual process notes will document changes to criteria and governance.
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