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Each entry should retain the date, old text, corrected text, reason and source reference. For a publisher notice, link the notice as well as the origi...

Use separate entries for the internal transcription correction and the publisher notice. They have different sources and may affect different claims.

Case 37 — Data provenance: keep source, transformation and output together · source wording exercise Correction note for “Data provenance: keep source...

Keep a visible correction near the affected material and a linked changelog entry. Readers who saved the earlier version should be able to understand ...

Record the original units and axis transformation, show any conversion explicitly and retain the original values. Do not compare apparent visual dista...

Limit of the answer in “Reference management: distinguish primary and secondary sources”: “Locate the primary study and confirm that it…” is an excerp...

Reader check for “Reproducibility checklist for a bench-method discussion”: distinguish the discussion point “Keep this as research documentation and ...

Case 35 — Certificate of analysis: which claim does each measurement support? · source wording exercise A reagent dossier contains a summary purity pe...

Case 17 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured Describe the measurement, population or model, units and uncertainty shown. Inte...

Case 27 — Research figure captions: tell the reader what was measured · source wording exercise A chart caption names a mechanism but omits the observ...

Case 36 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Public...

Case 27 — A literature note that separates hypothesis from observation · source wording exercise Method note for “A literature note that separates hyp...