.Net Jonesie - Blogging Corrections

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Today I received a correction to a post I did on SharePoint last year. My erroneous statement was causing a few queries to be sent to Microsoft. For this I am truly sorry, but in my defense I did check my facts first - like all good reporters I blame my sources!

Anyway, that got me thinking about correcting blog posts. I've seen debate about this in the past and my philosophy has always been:

correct only factual errors but leave the original text intact
never delete a blog post unless under court order
be careful what you say BEFORE you post

My temper and inpatients often get me into trouble so there are a few blog posts here that I could remove or edit, yet, I wont. Better to see me warts and all I think.

What do you thnk?

Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:45:31 PM (New Zealand Daylight Time, UTC+13:00)

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Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:46:58 PM (New Zealand Daylight Time, UTC+13:00)

I think even if there are factual errors in a blog post the original post shouldn't be deleted, thats what's comments are for I think!, If someone thinks you are wrong or so they'll probably comment on your post, say the right thing and link to a reference... I think this is better than modifying a post. I suppose the only important thing is to indicate that those errors are not deliberate which I doubt they would be anyway.

Daniel Wissa

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