Essential details
- Page address
- Sentence or passage in question
- Corrected wording if known
- Supporting source or documentation
- Your relationship to the correction if relevant
Care standard
Corrections protect the record.
The goal is not to argue over the record. The goal is to make the public site clearer, more accurate, and easier to use.
Corrections are most useful when they identify the exact page and sentence, explain the concern, and provide a source or suggested wording.
Correction checklist
What to include with a correction request.
A complete note helps us locate, review, and resolve the issue without guessing.
Common correction types
- Name or publishing-name clarity
- Book title, series, or imprint placement
- Historic versus current material
- Rights or contact routing
- Broken links or image-credit updates
What corrections are not
The corrections process is for factual clarity, not speculation.
Corrections should be specific, source-aware, and constructive. Unsupported claims, anonymous attacks, broad disputes, or speculative assertions are not useful correction requests.
Good request
Identifies the page, quotes the passage, provides a source, and suggests corrected wording.
Needs more detail
States that something is wrong but does not identify the page, passage, or supporting source.
Not a correction
Speculation, argument, anonymous attacks, unsupported claims, or requests to remove verified source-backed material.
Submit a correction
Send the page address and supporting details.
Use the contact page and include correction details so the issue can be reviewed carefully.