Release dates, beta labels, access promises, and operator attribution should be maintained as authoritative facts. When each site invents its own version, public copy drifts faster than any rewrite pass can repair it.
The practical test
A content contract gives each product a place to define status, business context, and review date. Sites can render it in their own voice while still sharing the same underlying fact.
Related practice
Use this note as a prompt for a concrete review: identify the current public route, the source that owns it, the people it needs to serve, and the failure state it must survive.