Corrections policy

When an article states something that is wrong, the article is fixed and the fix is recorded. Nothing is quietly edited. This page says what counts, how a correction appears, and how to report one.

What counts as a correction

A factual error: a number, a date, a name, an attribution, a quote, or a description of what a law or a report says that does not match the primary source. A correction also covers a source link that pointed at the wrong document. Style edits, added links, and clearer wording are not corrections and are not logged; the article's Updated date still moves when the text changes.

How a correction appears

• The wrong statement is replaced in the body, so the current text is right.
• A dated note at the end of the article says what changed and why.
• The article's Updated date, its dateModified in the page's structured data, and the sitemap entry all move to the correction date.
• If a quote was inaccurate, it is corrected to the verified words or removed; the note says which.

How to report one

Tell the editor, Tom Walsh, with the article URL, the sentence in question, and the source you believe is right. A contact address will be published on the About page. Reports are checked against the primary source before anything changes; a report that turns out to be right is corrected and acknowledged in the note.

What is not changed

Opinions stated in an article are the site's own judgment from the cited research and stand unless the research behind them was misread. Practitioner quotes are never reworded to soften or sharpen them. See the editorial standards for how articles are produced.