Editorial Transparency

Courtily Contributors

These names identify internal Courtily content responsibilities. They are not separate companies, professional licenses, certifications, or independent endorsements.

Named editorial accountabilityPublished Resources identify Aoife O’Hanlon as the accountable editor and reviewer, alongside the internal Courtily functions responsible for product guidance and source checking.

Credits describe the work performed and do not create a professional license, laboratory result, independent endorsement, or expertise that Courtily has not verified.

Founder & Product Editor, Courtily

Aoife O’Hanlon

Courtily’s founder and product editor, responsible for final editorial, product-fact, and technical-scope review of the published Resources guides.

First-hand experience used in review

  • Oversees the controlled factory that produces Courtily’s five current Court Tile models
  • Has personally inspected, handled, and assembled all five current models
  • Has completed full-court installations over concrete and asphalt bases
  • Has observed the installed products in the sport uses recorded in Courtily’s current catalog

Boundaries

  • This is an internal commercial and product review, not an independent third-party endorsement
  • No engineering license, installer certification, laboratory testing, or standards compliance is claimed

Editorial author

Courtily Guides

The internal Courtily desk responsible for planning, drafting, and maintaining practical resource content.

Responsibilities

  • Define the reader question and organize the guide around a useful answer
  • Keep claims within Courtily’s documented product and service boundaries
  • Coordinate corrections and future content updates

Boundaries

  • Not a separate company or professional association
  • Does not represent an installer, engineer, architect, or code authority

Product guidance

Courtily Product

The internal Courtily product-content function that checks catalog references, samples, and Custom Design descriptions against controlled business facts.

Responsibilities

  • Check product names, availability, media, and confirmed environment facts
  • Keep commercial links and product guidance consistent with the current catalog
  • Identify product-specific installation details that still require supplier confirmation

Boundaries

  • Does not certify universal product suitability
  • Does not provide structural, drainage, permitting, or installation services

Sources and fact-checking

Courtily Research

The internal Courtily research function responsible for source traceability, comparison, media attribution, and factual boundary checks.

Responsibilities

  • Record source organizations, URLs, access dates, and section citations
  • Separate shared industry guidance from manufacturer-specific instructions
  • Verify image ownership, attribution, license, and modification records

Boundaries

  • Research synthesis is not first-hand installation experience
  • A cited source does not imply that its publisher endorses Courtily

Technical scope review

Courtily Review

The internal review function for checking safety boundaries, product-specific instructions, and publication readiness.

Responsibilities

  • Check that practical instructions do not overgeneralize product-specific values
  • Confirm that unresolved installation, engineering, and site questions are escalated
  • Record the accountable reviewer, review date, scope, evidence, and commercial relationship

Boundaries

  • The name does not claim certification, licensure, or independent third-party status
  • A completed internal review is not laboratory testing, certification, engineering advice, or an independent endorsement

Editorial Method

Credits follow the work, not a marketing title.

Each resource identifies who prepared the guide, who checked controlled product information, who verified sources, and whether technical scope review is complete. Corrections should update both the article and its review record.