Editorial Standards

Sillbound publishes original articles for people who live with indoor cats. Each piece looks at a daily spot in the home — a sill, a bag, a chair back, a carrier — where the first action that looks right still fails. The aim is a clear explanation a reader can use the next morning, not a keyword page and not a short summary that stops at the first obvious line.

These standards describe how articles are chosen, written, and updated.

What We Cover

Each article starts from one real action in the house: a cushion on a ledge, a mat in front of a box, a towel in a dry tub, a bed set beside a bag. The page then splits the mornings when that action holds from the mornings when the cat still uses a different square.

The site can add more indoor-cat spots over time. New pages should still do the same job: stay on one spot, stay on the failed first move, and go far enough that the page can stand on its own.

What We Do Not Cover

Sillbound is not a veterinary, medical, legal, or financial advice service. It is not a news site and not a product-ranking blog. Pages do not diagnose symptoms, recommend treatment, or tell readers which brand to buy.

The site is not a house-systems blog. Plumbing, heating, wiring, wet entry floors, and kitchen food as household infrastructure belong elsewhere. Sillbound stays with the cat’s daily habit and the square the body actually uses.

We do not publish thin pages, copied material, or articles written mainly to attract a search phrase. If a subject cannot be treated honestly and at useful length, it is not published.

How Articles Are Written

An article has one focus. It should say what was done first, when that move works, and what is still missing when the cat leaves the dressed square. Structure can vary from page to page, but the reader should be able to follow the explanation without specialized training.

Terms are used when they improve precision, then explained in ordinary language. Where a point is a direct observation of a spot, the article says so. Where it depends on that morning’s light, height, or path, the text keeps those conditions in view instead of turning them into a rule for every house.

Short scenes from ordinary indoor life may appear so the situation is easier to recognize. Those lines illustrate the point. They are not clinic notes or professional advice.

Accuracy and Sources

Claims about what a cat is doing in a room are checked against what can be seen in that room: where the first paw lands, which square holds the body, which line stays empty. The standard is usefulness for a general reader, not a complete academic review.

Simplification is allowed when it helps understanding. Distortion is not. If a short model leaves out an important limit — a missing last step, a closed door, a rim too thin to sit on — that limit should be stated.

Corrections

Confirmed errors are corrected in the article. If a change affects the main conclusion, that may be noted on the page.

Readers can report problems through the Contact page. Not every message receives a reply. Reports that affect accuracy are reviewed first.

Independence

Articles are written to explain a spot. They are not written to sell a product or carry an unrelated agenda. Advertising, if it appears, must not change the conclusion of a page.

Site Pages

Sillbound also maintains standing pages for readers and for site transparency, including About, Privacy, Disclaimer, and Contact.

Questions about an article or about these standards can be sent through the Contact page.

Last updated: September 2026