Corrections & Updates

We publish corrections rather than quietly editing pages, and we are precise about the difference between an article that was fixed and an article that was rewritten.

Dates mean something specific here

A BetterYou+ article shows the date it was published. It shows an updated date only when the article was materially changed — new evidence, a changed conclusion, a substantive rewrite. Fixing a typo, replacing a broken link or adjusting a caption does not move the date, because a date that moves for cosmetic reasons stops telling a reader anything.

Where an article has been rebuilt from an older piece, the original publication date is preserved. The article is not new, and pretending it is would be a way of making old work look current.

Four kinds of change

• Typographical. Spelling, punctuation, a broken link. Fixed silently; no date change.
• Clarification. The claim was right but ambiguously worded. Reworded, with a note if the ambiguity could have misled.
• Correction. Something was wrong — a number, a source, an attribution, a conclusion. The article is corrected and carries a dated note saying what was wrong and what it now says. We do not remove the error silently.
• Material update. New evidence changes what the article should say. The article is revised and shows an updated date alongside its original publication date.

Retractions

If an article’s central claim turns out to be unsupportable, we do not delete the page. The article is marked as retracted, the reason is stated at the top, and the original text remains readable underneath. A deleted page cannot be checked, and anyone who read it and acted on it deserves to be able to find out why it was wrong.

Telling us

Corrections are welcome and taken seriously. The fastest route is our contact form with the article, the specific claim, and — if you have it — the evidence. We would rather be corrected by a reader than leave something wrong on the site.