Where our listings come from
DanceGrove is a directory, which means most of what you see started somewhere else. Here is where it comes from and how to get it changed or taken down.
Where our listings come from
Where the data comes from
Every listing traces back to one of four places:
- OpenStreetMap — contributed by its community and used under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Studios, addresses and locations.
- Wikidata — public structured data released under CC0. Mostly names, links and identifiers.
- Public web pages — a studio's own site, or a public listing of classes, events and competitions. We read only what is published openly, never anything behind a login.
- People — studios and instructors who add or claim their own listing, and dancers who send us a correction.
What we keep
Only what a directory needs to send a dancer to the right place:
- Business facts: name, address, opening hours, contact details, styles taught, class and event schedules, and prices where they are published.
- Where it came from — every imported listing records its source, so a correction can be traced and so credit is given.
- Photos only where the licence allows it, credited individually.
How we read public pages
Our crawler identifies itself, requests and honours robots.txt, and crawls from one fixed address so you can rate-shape it. The full details, including how to slow it down or keep it out, are on our crawler page.
Opting out
You do not have to justify wanting out. Any of these works:
- Send us a removal request through the form below — the fastest route, and it gives you a reference number.
- Block DanceGroveBot in your robots.txt, which stops future crawling of your site.
- Email the contact address below if you would rather write to a person.
Blocking the crawler stops us reading your site again; it does not by itself remove what we already hold, so send a removal request as well if that is what you want.
How a request is handled
Every request goes into a queue that a person works through:
- We record it and email you a reference number straight away.
- A person reviews it — no request is approved or refused automatically.
- If we need something to confirm the request, we ask you rather than guessing.
- When a request is valid we hide the content promptly and write back to tell you it is done.
If we decline a request we tell you why, and you can reply and ask us to look again.
Designated contact
Notices, questions about a source, and anything you would rather not put in a form go here:
- Contact[email protected]
Template for review — have legal counsel review before relying on it.