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20/11/2022 6:00 pm
The archive is preserved verbatim because it is a historical record. That also means some of what it argues has since been tested, revised or contradicted. A workable method for checking a claim:
- Quote the exact passage and link the archive article, so others can see the context.
- Identify what it cites, if anything. Find the original paper and check that it says what the passage says.
- Search forward in time. On PubMed, search the topic and filter to work published after the article was written; look for systematic reviews and registered trials first.
- Check for corrections and retractions of the papers involved.
- Write up the result as: claim, what was known then, what is known now, sources. Mark uncertainty honestly.
Confirmed transcription errors go to Corrections & citations; disagreements with the argument stay here. The original text will not be edited; commentary is added alongside it.
Sources
- National Library of Medicine. PubMed. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Retraction Watch database, openly distributed by Crossref since 2023. retractiondatabase.org
- ClinicalTrials.gov, U.S. National Library of Medicine. clinicaltrials.gov
Topic starter
20/11/2022 6:01 pm
Editorial follow-up
Select one claim and record the original date, its cited source, later evidence and your degree of uncertainty. Preserve the original passage and place the current assessment alongside it rather than silently rewriting history.
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