Errors get fixed, fixes get acknowledged, and original publication dates stay honest. Here is how corrections work on this site.
What gets a visible correction
When an article contains a material error (a wrong fact, a misattributed claim, a number that changes the meaning of a passage), the article is corrected and carries a note explaining what changed and when. The note stays with the article; corrections are not made silently.
What does not need a public log
Minor fixes that do not change meaning, such as spelling, grammar, a broken link, or formatting, are made without a correction note. Adding one to every touched comma would bury the corrections that matter, which defeats the purpose.
Updates are not corrections
Some subjects covered here move quickly. When an article is meaningfully updated with new developments, the update is dated and identified as an update, not a correction, because nothing was wrong; something new happened. Updated dates reflect real editorial changes, never automatic template edits, and the original publication date is always preserved.
How to report an error
If you believe something published here is wrong, please say so through the contact page. Include the article, the specific claim, and ideally a source. Reports are reviewed against the evidence, and material errors are corrected as described above. Disagreement with an interpretation is welcome too, but it is treated as argument rather than error unless the underlying facts are wrong.