Corrections Policy

Principle

Analysis that cannot be corrected cannot be trusted. Errors are fixed promptly and, where they are material, disclosed rather than quietly edited away.

What counts as a correction

• Factual error. An incorrect figure, date, name, attribution or description of a source. Corrected and noted on the article.
• Misattributed source. A claim linked to a source that does not support it. The claim is either re-sourced or removed.
• Broken framing. A statement presented as established evidence that was in fact interpretation, forecast or speculation. Relabelled.
• Superseded information. New evidence changes the picture. The article is updated, the "Updated" date changes, and where the conclusion shifts materially the change is described in the text.

Copy-editing fixes — typography, spelling, link formatting, clarity — are made without notice.

How to report an error

Send the article URL, the specific passage, the correction, and a source where possible, through the contact page. Reports that identify a primary source are actioned fastest.

Response

Reports are reviewed and, where a correction is warranted, applied as soon as the source position is verified. Where a claim turns out to be unverifiable, the passage is removed rather than softened.

Withdrawal

If an article's central argument depends on a claim that proves false, the article is either rewritten with a visible note explaining the change or withdrawn with an explanation left in place at its URL. Silent deletion is not used.