Corrections Policy
Last updated: 25 September 2026
We correct mistakes in public. A quiet rewrite that hides an error is not a correction.
What counts as a correction
We correct significant errors of fact: wrong names, dates, figures, titles, locations, quotations, and statements that invert the meaning of what happened. We also correct captions and headlines when they are wrong.
We do not treat every update as a correction. Adding later developments, refreshing a market price, or tightening a sentence is an update. Changing a fact that was wrong when we published it is a correction.
How to request a correction
Use the Contact form at https://nathantheodore.com/contact. The form is set up for tips, corrections, and questions. Please include:
The article title and URL.
The sentence or figure you believe is wrong.
The correct information, with a source if you have one.
Your name and a way to reach you if we need to follow up.
Anonymous requests are harder to verify, but we will still review a specific, sourced claim.
How we handle a request
We review correction requests as soon as practical, with priority for errors that could cause harm (for example, a wrong medical, legal, or market claim). We may contact you for clarification.
If we agree that the published version is wrong, we will change the article and add a correction note. The note will say what was wrong and what we changed. For a material correction we will keep the note visible on the article, usually near the top or directly under the updated passage.
If we update the publication or "last updated" time, that stamp is not a substitute for a correction note.
Clarifications and retractions
If a passage was factually defensible but easy to misread, we may add a clarification rather than a correction.
If an article is fundamentally wrong, we will retract it. A retraction will remain available at the original URL when we can keep it there, explaining that the article has been withdrawn and why.
Comments and social posts
Errors in reader comments are the commenter's responsibility. We may remove a comment that repeats a defamatory or clearly false claim. If we shared an article on social media and later correct it, we will try to update or follow up on that post when the error was material.
What we will not do
We will not unpublish an article solely because a subject dislikes it. We will not trade a correction for favorable coverage. We will not alter the historical record to make an old error disappear without an explanation.