Draft for Owner and Legal Review

This document codifies the post-publication corrections policy aligned with COPE guidelines and Crossref Crossmark protocols. Draft prepared for owner and legal review.

Corrections, Errata & Retractions Protocol

1. The Integrity of the Permanent Record

Bleeding Pages recognizes that published scholarly literature constitutes a permanent historical record. Once an article is published with an assigned Digital Object Identifier (DOI), it cannot be altered, replaced, or removed without a formal public notice.

2. Categories of Post-Publication Notices

Notice Type	Applicable Circumstance	Permanent Procedure
Corrigendum	Errors introduced by the author (e.g. incorrect translation citation, erroneous date) that do not invalidate the findings.	Published as a numbered notice linked bidirectionally to the original article with its own Crossref DOI.
Erratum	Errors introduced during typesetting or editorial production (e.g. truncated paragraph, misspelled author affiliation).	Correction notice appended to the article record and published in the next regular issue.
Addendum	Additional explanatory notes or archival permissions granted post-publication.	Linked addendum document appended to the article dossier.
Retraction	Severe scholarly malpractice: plagiarism, fabricated data, undisclosed AI synthesis, or unauthorized translation infringement.	Formal Retraction Notice published. The original PDF is watermarked "RETRACTED" on every page but preserved for indexing auditability.

3. The Public Corrections Ledger

Every article page anatomy includes a dedicated "Corrections & Version History" block. If any post-publication revision occurs, the date, authorized editor, and exact nature of the change are transparently logged for scholars and citation indexers.