Corrections and disputes
Reporting, assessment, correction outcomes, rights requests, and public change records.
Reporting an issue
Identify the page, exact passage, proposed correction, supporting source, and any relevant conflict of interest. Classification objections should identify the disputed primary type or attribute and explain why the evidence supports another treatment.
Assessment
Requests are assessed against primary records, authoritative sources, provenance, and the published claim. A subject or contributor may be asked for missing evidence but does not receive editorial veto.
Possible outcomes
- No change when the existing wording remains supported.
- Typographical or formatting correction without a dedicated notice.
- Clarification, attribution, source replacement, or narrower wording.
- Substantive factual, provenance, or classification correction.
- Visible statement of unresolved evidence or dispute.
- Temporary restriction, de-indexing, archival treatment, or removal when rights or safety require it.
Rights and safety requests
Requests involving copyright, privacy, exposed credentials, unlawful personal data, credible threats, or comparable safety issues should state the urgency and requested remedy. Temporary removal during review is not an admission that a claim is valid.
Public record
Substantive changes receive a dated article or site changelog entry. Earlier published states may remain available through versioned releases or archives so that a correction does not erase the historical record.