Forum comparison archive: link the evidence and the correction · RWF-14255

A comparison has been corrected after a new photograph arrived. How should the original thread remain useful?

Reply scope: address the opening question, explain the supporting record or reasoning, and state the limit of the answer.

Add a dated correction near the original conclusion and link the new evidence. Preserve the reasoning trail instead of silently replacing an uncertain claim with a confident one.

Method note for “Forum comparison archive: link the evidence and the correction”: use “Add a dated correction near the original conclusion…” as a row heading in a proposed working record. Put the statement, its supporting source or measurement, and any unresolved detail in separate fields. This proposes a format; it supplies no additional evidence. Keep the stated question separate from any broader claim.

Clarification for “Forum comparison archive: link the evidence and the correction”: the point beginning “Add a dated correction near the original conclusion…” belongs to the question as written. It should not be read as a report that a new check, purchase or experiment has been completed. Review focus: scope. Keep the stated question separate from any broader claim.

Limit of the answer in “Forum comparison archive: link the evidence and the correction”: “Add a dated correction near the original conclusion…” is an excerpt from the discussion, not an independent verification. A reader needs the relevant original material before treating an interpretation as established. Review focus: scope. Keep the stated question separate from any broader claim.

Correction note for “Forum comparison archive: link the evidence and the correction”: retain the wording beginning “Add a dated correction near the original conclusion…” in the record. If later material changes it, add the date, the changed wording and the source for that change; do not invent a completed correction here. Keep the stated question separate from any broader claim.