The kdbuswreck [LWN.net]

The kdbuswreck

Posted Apr 22, 2015 22:37 UTC (Wed) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: The kdbuswreck by mezcalero
Parent article: The kdbuswreck

Just for the record, I have made a few tweaks to the article in response to these complaints.

The kdbuswreck

Posted Apr 23, 2015 1:57 UTC (Thu) by JdGordy (subscriber, #70103) [Link] (2 responses)

Reading the article after the corrections, I had no way of knowing if those strikethrough's were actual corrections or sarcastic jabs. You probably want to make it clear at the start (of better yet, just remove the corrected bits?)

Corrections

Posted Apr 23, 2015 2:03 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

Our policy is to not make silent changes to published articles for anything other than trivial typo fixes; an article shouldn't quietly mutate after it has been put out there. So the old stuff remains, even though I'd be happy to see it go. I did stick in a note up front noting that corrections have been made, though.

Corrections

Posted Apr 25, 2015 16:13 UTC (Sat) by Trelane (guest, #56877) [Link]

I saw this and find it greatly refreshing. This sort of transparency ought to be more prevalent in the fourth and fifth estates.

Your policy is fantastic. Thank you for it.

The kdbuswreck

Posted Apr 23, 2015 8:06 UTC (Thu) by speedster1 (guest, #8143) [Link] (3 responses)

IMO this was another excellent article on a complicated topic, and the fact that certain details could be improved by someone intimately involved with the effort being discussed does not imply otherwise.

LWN rocks!

Posted Apr 23, 2015 9:22 UTC (Thu) by rvfh (guest, #31018) [Link] (2 responses)

Isn't this the only place where we can actually talk to the editor and have explanations and even corrections made?

I have read so much bullsh*t on 'respected' newspaper sites where even commenting is useless because so many people need to send stupid comments without thinking for just one second, that seeing Jon listening, explaining and even fixing his already excellent article is like a breath of fresh air.

I really like LWN.

LWN rocks!

Posted Apr 23, 2015 20:40 UTC (Thu) by a9db0 (subscriber, #2181) [Link] (1 responses)

I second this.

Thank you, Jon, first for continuing to address thorny issues and make sense of them, and second for being responsive to your readers.

Dave

LWN rocks!

Posted Apr 25, 2015 12:19 UTC (Sat) by louai (subscriber, #58033) [Link]

LWN is awesome. Thank you very much indeed for all the hard work!

For what it's worth, I think the article is balanced and very informative.

Louai