Editorial policy

An editorial policy states how material is selected, described and revised. This site's policy governs how allegations are worded, when technique tags are applied, and what happens when a case is dismissed.

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See also

• Correction — A correction is a public, dated record of an error and its fix. This site logs corrections rather than editing silently, because a…
• Allegation — An allegation is an assertion that a regulator or prosecutor intends to prove but has not yet proved. Every filed action on this s…

Terms that refer here

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