Corrections and Updates

Why This Page Exists

This archive is intended to be durable public reference material. That only works if changes are visible and editorial uncertainty is handled honestly.

What Gets Updated

Incident pages should be updated when any of the following materially change:

a new court ruling or operative order
a new official document
the factual timeline
the legal posture label
the severity assessment
the identity of the agency, actor, or target described on the page

What Counts As A Correction

A correction is required when the published page materially misstated:

a date
a source attribution
what a cited document or ruling actually says
the procedural posture of a case
who was targeted or what authority was exercised

When a correction materially changes the reader's understanding of the incident, it should be reflected in the page's visible update log.

Silent Copyedits

Minor style edits, grammar fixes, or formatting cleanup may be made without a separate correction notice if they do not change meaning.

Legal Framing Changes

If an incident's legal posture changes because of new litigation, a new ruling, or clarified public evidence, the page should be updated rather than left frozen in its old framing. The archive's goal is to preserve the record accurately, not to preserve outdated phrasing for its own sake.

Reader Expectations

Readers should assume:

incident dates remain tied to when the underlying event occurred
update dates reflect when the public record on the page materially changed
source documents and reporting links may expand over time
unresolved legal questions remain unresolved until the page cites a relevant ruling or official record

Generated Update Ledger

The public /updates page now includes a generated changelog built from incident update entries. That ledger is intended to make material changes easy to scan without requiring readers to revisit every record manually.

The generated list does not replace the policy on this page. It is the operational output of that policy.

Reporting Problems

If you believe a page misstates the public record, use the contact route documented by the project maintainers and cite the specific passage, source, or document at issue. The public site does not currently offer a secure anonymous submission tool.