Fact-Checking and Corrections Policy
Updated
How Fielder Pools checks factual claims, reviews stale information, and handles correction or source-update requests from readers.
Updated October 2026
Fact-checking starts with claim scope. A statement about a product class, installation requirement, safety rule, climate condition, or named organization should be checked against a source current enough for the publication date.
Before publication
Editors verify names, dates, terminology, source URLs, attribution, and the relationship between a conclusion and its evidence. Automated checks can flag missing metadata. They do not replace editorial judgment.
Safety-standard claims are not published as blanket compliance statements. A specific certification is mentioned only when a named product or configuration has corresponding documentation.
After publication
Guides should be reviewed when the underlying manuals, codes, or product classes change. A changed timestamp should represent a substantive review or revision, not an automated freshness update.
Requesting a correction
Email these three items to editor@fielderpools.com: the page URL, the disputed sentence, and a supporting source. We investigate the narrow claim before changing adjacent conclusions.
Use the contact page for editorial contact details and the editorial policy for our publication standards.
Policy revision record
October 8, 2026: clarified what to include in a correction request and linked the contact and editorial policies.