Quotation records and collection decisions can change when better evidence appears.
How Quote Atlas handles corrections to wording, attribution, source identity, curated selection, topic intent, source locators and explanations.
What can be corrected
Quotation wording, author or speaker labels, source titles, dates, attribution status, topic relationships, curated-core membership, intent-boundary wording, source notes and explanations can all be revised when the evidence or editorial fit warrants it.
Conservative default
When an attribution becomes uncertain, the safer approach is to show that uncertainty rather than preserve a stronger claim. Likewise, a weak topic fit should not remain in a curated core simply because it was previously selected.
Source changes
If a better edition, archive link, preservation copy or source locator becomes available, the source reference can be improved while keeping canonical evidence and edition distinctions clear.
Topic and intent changes
A quotation can remain valid in the full research collection while leaving a curated core, and neighboring topic pages can have their boundary wording tightened without deleting legitimate cross-topic relationships.
Revision transparency
Corrections should strengthen the public record rather than silently preserve an older certainty level. If evidence weakens an attribution, the status can move to review or disputed; if stronger evidence appears, the source or locator can improve without rewriting the quotation into a different claim.
Interpretation versus evidence
A change to a plain-English explanation, curated selection or intent description is an editorial change. A change to wording, attribution, source identity, edition or locator is an evidence change. Quote Atlas keeps those jobs conceptually separate so an interpretive rewrite is not presented as new source proof.