Corrections · Reopened verdicts · Version history
If better evidence changes a Redacted Forge conclusion, the correction should be visible, attributable, and connected to the pages, assets, and claims that depended on the prior state. Quietly swapping the record is not the standard.
A correction is material when it changes a factual claim, source interpretation, verdict, confidence level, date, identity, location, quotation meaning, or other information that could change what a reasonable visitor takes away from the File.
Preserve the prior version, record what changed and why, identify the new evidence or error, update the canonical page, propagate the change to dependent assets where practical, and reopen the File when the new record requires it.
Typos, formatting, dead links, accessibility improvements, and other non-substantive repairs may be updated without presenting them as historical reversals, but version metadata should still remain honest.
Supported can become disputed. Disputed can become supported. Unresolved can become answerable. A verdict is a current evidence state, not a permanent badge that the brand must defend forever.
As published Files accumulate, this page should become a browsable ledger of material corrections and reopened investigations. Each entry should point to the affected File or claim, prior state, new state, date, reason, and evidence that justified the change.