Corrections Policy
We aim for every entry on Behind the Covers to be accurate, properly credited, and current. When we get something wrong, we want to know, and we'd like the fix to be both quick and visible.
How to report an error
Email behindthecovers@protonmail.com with the subject line "Correction." To make the fix as fast as possible, please include:
- The URL of the entry you're writing about.
- The specific claim or credit you believe is incorrect, quoted from the page.
- What the correct information is.
- At least one source we can verify — a published interview, a monograph, a label archive, an exhibition catalog, or a first-hand statement from the person involved.
You don't need to be a designer, journalist, or rights holder to submit a correction. Careful readers catch things we miss.
What counts as a correction
A correction is a change to a factual claim — a credit, a date, a location, a sequence of events, an attribution, a quote. Stylistic edits, opinion changes, and routine copy edits are not corrections, and we don't flag those individually.
How we handle corrections
- Minor fixes — a typo, a misspelled name, a wrong year — are made quietly and quickly.
- Substantive corrections — a misattributed credit, a wrong fact that shaped the story — are updated in the entry and noted at the bottom of the article so readers can see what changed and when.
- Disputed claims — where credible sources disagree — are addressed inside the entry itself, with the disagreement described rather than papered over.
- Takedown requests — for rights holders concerned about specific imagery, please email us with the URL. We respond promptly.
Response times
We're a small independent publication. Most corrections receive a response within a few business days. If you don't hear back within a week, feel free to follow up — emails do occasionally get lost.
For non-correction questions, see our contact page. For how we research and credit in the first place, see our editorial policy.