Editorial policy
We publish quizzes, definitions, explainers and practical guides about kink. Here is how we choose the right format, check what we say and correct our work.
By Kink Tests editorial team
What we publish
Our quizzes use stated scoring rules. We present each result as a reading of the answers, not as a diagnosis or an assigned identity.
Our definitions explain how a term is commonly used. In explainers, we answer one focused question. In practical guides, we help with a specific choice or task. We make the purpose of each format clear, and we do not present a quiz result as personal advice.
How we write
We write for adults, from people learning the vocabulary to people who already know what interests them. We use direct, non-judgemental language. We clearly label fantasy and roleplay when that distinction matters.
We give practical details when equipment, health, money, privacy, capacity or bystanders create a specific concern. We describe risk plainly and never label a hazardous technique safe.
Evidence and sources
We match factual claims to the evidence behind them. We do not present a single study as consensus, stretch findings beyond the people studied or credit a source with our own interpretation.
When a claim needs outside support, we link to the source and make clear which point it supports. We check who published it, when it was published, what kind of evidence it contains and whether it says what we claim. We expect stronger support for claims about health, law, money and privacy, where errors carry greater consequences. If the evidence is limited, we narrow the claim or leave it out.
Attribution
We publish our editorial work under the Kink Tests editorial team byline. We credit quotations, research and other outside material to the original source. We use each link or citation to support the statement attached to it, not the whole page.
Corrections and updates
We correct material errors and update pages when evidence, terminology, links or quiz workings change. We add a new updated date only after a substantive change and never use routine housekeeping to make older work look new.
When we change questions, scoring dimensions or the meaning of results, we label the quiz as a new version so results produced under different rules are easy to distinguish.