Last reviewed: June 10, 2026
Effective date: May 29, 2026
Author: Alex Buckles (PAC Founder)
Parental Alienation Center corrects errors in public. Every correction is dated. Every prior text is preserved. Corrections that touch clinical or legal substance go through a deeper documented editorial review, verified against primary sources, before publication; once the independent expert review board is appointed, those corrections will also carry a named board reviewer’s sign-off. This page describes the policy, explains how to flag a possible error, walks through the review process, and shows the running log of every correction made to the site.
Our corrections policy in one paragraph
If something on this site is wrong, we want to fix it. If a citation is broken, a statute has been amended, a name is misspelled, a date is off, or a framework has been misstated, we correct the page, date the change, and publish a record of what changed. We do not silently edit. We do not delete prior text. We treat corrections as part of the editorial work, not a sign of failure. (This posture matches the practice of public-interest publishers like ProPublica and the trust indicators described by The Trust Project.)
How to flag a possible correction
If you think a page is wrong, please tell us. The fastest way is the contact form. Choose “Correction” as the topic.
A good correction note includes four things:
- The page URL or title.
- The specific sentence or claim you think is wrong.
- What you think the correct version is.
- A source if you have one (a statute, a peer-reviewed paper, a court opinion, a clinician’s published work).
We read every correction note. We respond within five business days, even if the response is “we are still researching.” If your note leads to a correction, we say so when we publish.
How we review corrections
We use a four-step process. Bigger or more sensitive corrections take longer because they involve more review.
Triage
An editor reads the note within five business days. If the issue is clearly a typo, a broken link, or a date error, the editor schedules the fix and notes it for the log. If the issue touches clinical substance (a framework, a diagnostic distinction, a treatment claim) or legal substance (a statute, a case, a procedural step), the editor routes it to substantive review.
Editorial review
For non-substantive corrections, an editor confirms the fix against the original source, updates the page, and adds the log entry. The editor records the date, the page URL, the text before the change, and the text after the change.
Substantive review (clinical or legal substance)
For substantive corrections, the editor reads the original page, the proposed change, and the supporting source, and verifies the change against the primary sources. The change is either approved, revised, or held pending more research, and the decision is recorded in the log entry. Once the independent expert review board is appointed, a named clinical or legal board reviewer will perform this step, and the reviewer’s name will be recorded in the log entry. The board’s public criteria are on the Expert Review Board page.
Publication
Once the change is approved, the page is updated, the page’s “Last reviewed” date is refreshed, and a log entry is added to this page. If the correction is significant (it changes the page’s conclusion or removes a meaningful claim), a brief note also appears at the top of the corrected page for 90 days so returning readers see what changed.
What a published correction looks like
Each log entry has five fields:
- Date when the correction was published.
- Page that was corrected (slug and title).
- What was wrong in one or two sentences.
- What changed in one or two sentences, with the text before and after where the change is small enough to quote.
- Reviewed by the editor and, once the expert review board is appointed, the named board reviewer for changes that touch clinical or legal substance.
For longer corrections that cannot be quoted in two sentences, the log entry links to a permanent revision page that preserves the original wording in full.
The log is append-only
We do not delete past log entries. We do not edit past entries to soften them. If a later correction supersedes an earlier one, both stay on the log so the record is complete. The append-only rule is the rule that makes the log trustworthy.
We also do not retroactively edit a corrected page to make it look as though it was always right. The correction note remains. The history stays in view.
Corrections log
The log lists every correction in reverse chronological order (newest first).
Format
| Date | Page | What was wrong | What changed | Reviewed by |
|---|
Example entry (placeholder until the first real correction)
| Date | Page | What was wrong | What changed | Reviewed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YYYY-MM-DD | /learn/ (“What Is Parental Alienation?”) | The page summarized a primary citation using an older edition. | The summary now cites the current edition and updates the page number. The prior text is preserved at /corrections/learn-2026-mm-dd/. | Editor; expert review board sign-off will be added once the board is appointed. |
The example entry is a placeholder. Real entries will appear here as corrections are published. When a real entry replaces this placeholder, the placeholder text is preserved on a revision page so the format reference does not disappear from the record.
When a correction is significant
If a correction changes a page’s conclusion, removes a meaningful claim, or replaces a citation that was being relied on, the page itself shows a short note at the top for 90 days. The note says what changed and links to the log entry. After 90 days, the page-level note is removed and the log entry remains.
How to contact us about corrections
Use the contact form and choose “Correction” as the topic. We respond within five business days.
If you are a journalist or a clinician with a deadline, say so in the note. We will prioritize the response.
Related pages
The Editorial Standards page describes how decisions are made. The Expert Review Board page documents the public criteria for the independent board that will be appointed once the site is live. The Citations and Sources page explains how the site cites primary sources. The Privacy Policy and the Terms of Use cover the rest of how the site is run.
Effective date: May 29, 2026.
Last reviewed: June 10, 2026.
