Every published article shows its author's name, linking to their public author page, and their profile bio appears in a card below the article. Bylines are kept in sync automatically -- if an author updates their display name, it updates across all of their published articles without changing the article's own URL.
Every article shows a "Published" date. If it's edited after publishing, an "Updated" date appears alongside it, so readers can tell when content was last revised.
New contributor accounts require admin approval. An article a contributor writes is saved as a private draft and only becomes public once its author explicitly publishes it -- there is no separate pre-publication editorial review beyond that.
If a factual error is found in a published article, its author (or an admin) corrects it directly -- the fix goes live immediately and the article's "Updated" date reflects it. We don't silently rewrite an article's substance without it showing as an update.
An author can unpublish or delete their own article at any time. An admin can also disable an article that violates our Terms of Use or Contributor Guidelines; a disabled article is not publicly reachable and can only be restored by an admin.
To report a factual error or other concern about a published article, see our Contact page and include the article's URL.