{"id":634,"slug":"rule-publish-corrections-log-and-retraction-policy","title":"RULE: Publish a public corrections log + retraction policy. A correction without a process change is theater.","kind":"rule","scope":"business","status":"current","audiences":["kevin","claude-code","candid-team"],"topics":["editorial-discipline","citation-practices","trust-signals"],"reference_body":"**Rule:** Every Candid Creative public artifact (website, KB, client deliverable) is governed by a **public corrections log** + **retraction policy** following the [[retraction-correction-playbook]]. Material corrections trigger a specific editorial-process change — never a silent edit pretending the original was correct.\n\n**Why:**\n- Trust Project / Reach Plc: trust in The Mirror jumped 8 points after adding Trust Indicators including a corrections protocol ([[trust-project-mirror-8-point-trust-lift]])\n- COPE August 2025: *\"The purpose of retraction is to correct the literature... not to punish the authors\"* ([[cope-retraction-guidelines-correct-not-punish]]) — the right disposition to import\n- Edelman 2025: 7 in 10 readers expect to be misled ([[edelman-2025-trust-barometer-7-in-10-leaders-mislead]]) — visible corrections are the differentiation signal\n- AP/Trust Project standards make corrections visible as a feature, not a bug\n\n**How to apply:**\n- Publish a public Corrections log linked from the candidcreative.ca footer\n- Categorize corrections by [[retraction-correction-playbook]] magnitude (typo / substantive / material / fundamentally wrong)\n- Update `dateModified` in structured data on every correction\n- For material corrections: top-of-page notice that persists for at least 90 days\n- For retractions: original URL serves the retraction notice; original text preserved in archive\n- **Process discipline:** every material correction traces to a specific editorial-process change. New check, new source-verification step, new automated guard. Document it in the corrections log.\n- Quarterly transparency report: corrections issued, sources re-verified, link-rot rate in the KB","rationale_body":null,"metadata":null,"links":{"outgoing":[{"slug":"cope-retraction-guidelines-correct-not-punish","title":"COPE Retraction Guidelines (Aug 2025): \"The purpose of retraction is to correct the literature and ensure its integrity, not to punish the authors\"","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"trust-project-mirror-8-point-trust-lift","title":"Trust Project / Reach Plc UK: trust in The Mirror jumped 8% after adding Trust Indicators","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"edelman-2025-trust-barometer-7-in-10-leaders-mislead","title":"Edelman 2025 Trust Barometer (n=33,000, 28 countries): 7 in 10 believe government/business/journalists deliberately mislead them","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"},{"slug":"retraction-correction-playbook","title":"CANDID REFERENCE: retraction/correction playbook — 4 magnitudes from typo to fundamental retraction (adapted from COPE)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"depends-on"}],"incoming":[{"slug":"research-brief-confidence-sources-dated-claims","title":"Research brief: Confidence Levels, Sources, and Dated Claims — why every statement on a credible site should be verifiable (piece 15 of 15)","kind":"reference","scope":"business","link_type":"relates-to"}]},"created_at":"2026-05-22T20:51:27.069Z","updated_at":"2026-05-22T20:51:27.069Z"}