Updates and Corrections
Mistakes happen, and practical subjects move on. A setting moves to a different menu, a rule changes, a link stops working. This page explains how we keep articles current and what we do when something is wrong.
Two kinds of change
Updates
An update is a planned refresh. We keep a list of articles that are likely to age, such as pieces about apps, streaming services, borrowing products or travel arrangements, and revisit them in turn. An update might clarify a step, replace an outdated example or remove a section that no longer applies. When the substance of an article changes, its modified date changes with it.
Corrections
A correction fixes something that was wrong when we published it: a factual error, a step in the wrong order, a misleading sentence. Corrections take priority over everything else on our list.
How to report an error
Email editor@jubileeacres.net with the article's title or link and a line on what looks wrong. If you know where the correct information can be found, such as a manufacturer's handbook or an official guidance page, mention it. More on getting in touch is on the Talk to Us page.
What happens next
- We read the report and open the article alongside it.
- We check the claim against the kind of sources listed in How We Check Facts, not against memory.
- We fix the text if the report is right, or if the original wording could easily be misread.
- We look for the same slip elsewhere. A mistake in one article sometimes appears in a related piece too.
- We reply to let you know what changed, if anything.
What gets priority
Errors that could cause harm or cost money come first. A wrong step in jump-starting a car or a misleading line about borrowing would be fixed ahead of a typo or a broken link. Safety notes and "not financial advice" reminders are never removed during an edit.
What we do not change
We do not quietly rewrite an article to say the opposite of what it said before without the reason being clear from the text. We also do not alter articles because a business would prefer different wording; changes are made only when accuracy or clarity calls for them.
Articles under review
Pieces about fast-moving technology, such as streaming set-ups and online tools in our Tech section, are checked more often than evergreen subjects. Even so, details can change between reviews. If you are about to act on something, a quick check of the provider's own current information is always worthwhile.
Thank you to everyone who takes the time to write in. Reader reports are one of the most useful tools in our workshop.
Tell us what you think.
We read every message.
Fixing things
From reader note to corrected page
Every report about an error follows the same short route.
Matched to the page
The note is matched to the article and the exact passage it concerns.
Set against the source
The claim is set against the handbook, the provider's documentation or official guidance.
Passage repaired
If the text was wrong or easy to misread, the passage is corrected and the modified date moves.
Answer on its way
Whoever wrote in hears what changed, or why the wording stays as it is.