Before a fist fight breaks out, it should be noted that I made a correction after the article was initially published.
So you are both right.
I have always hummed and hawed about whether or not it defies some sort of editorial principle to make a change to a piece after is has been initially published. After much thought I have concluded that it doesn't in so long as it is just correction of errata and that context or substance hasn't changed.
One of the glories and pitfalls of web based publishing is that it isn't static. I know of plenty of writers and editors who wish they could make changes after copy has gone to press.
Newspapers and magazines publish notes in subsquent issues as necessary and novelists that are fortunate enough to get a reprinting make changes to new editions.
Anyhoo, thanks for pointing it out!
Cheers,
phaetn
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