Corrections Policy

We take accuracy seriously. If a tutorial on GoLinuxCloud has a wrong command, an outdated flag, a broken link, a security misstatement, an incorrect attribution, or a stale claim — we want to know.

This page explains exactly how to report it, what happens after you do, and how we publicly log significant corrections.

Last reviewed: 30 May 2026.

1. How to report an error

Send an email to [email protected] with the subject line [Correction] followed by a short description. In the body, please include:

  1. The URL of the article in question.
  2. The specific paragraph, command, screenshot, or sentence that is wrong (a copy-paste of the offending text is more useful than a screenshot).
  3. What you believe the correct version is, and — if possible — a link or document reference that supports it (vendor docs, RFC, release notes, CVE, an independent test).
  4. The platform and version you tested on, if the fix is version-specific (uname -a, kubectl version, python --version, etc.).
  5. How you would like to be credited, or whether you would prefer to remain anonymous.

If email isn't convenient, you can also use the Contact Us form.

For security-sensitive issues (a tutorial recommending an insecure command, exposing a credential pattern, or referencing a vulnerable package version) please mark the subject line [Security Correction]. We will prioritize those.

2. What happens after you report

We follow the same workflow on every credible correction report:

Step 1 — Acknowledgement (within 3 business days)

Every credible report receives a personal reply from a real engineer within three business days, confirming receipt and giving you a rough timeline for the fix. We do not send auto-responder confirmations and then disappear.

Step 2 — Re-test (within 7-14 days)

Technical claims (commands, configuration, output, behavior) are re-tested on the platform and version the article specifies. We provision a clean sandbox that matches the stated environment and run the affected steps top-to-bottom. If the reporter has supplied a specific failing case, we reproduce that case first.

Step 3 — Publish the correction

If the report is correct, the article is updated in place. We do not silently re-write tutorials:

  • The dateModified field at the top of the article is updated to the date of the fix.
  • A short "Correction" note is appended at the end of the article describing what was wrong, what changed, and the date.
  • The URL stays the same (we do not invalidate any inbound links).
  • If the original author is no longer active, the correction is signed by the editor making the change.

Step 4 — Public log (significant corrections only)

If the correction is significant — meaning it changes the outcome of the tutorial, alters a security recommendation, or could have caused real-world harm to someone who followed the old version — we also add a one-line entry to the "Significant corrections" log on this page (below). This is a deliberate transparency trade-off, modeled after the corrections columns of newspapers like The New York Times and The Guardian.

Step 5 — Credit the reporter

You're acknowledged by name (or by handle, or anonymously, however you asked us in step 1.5). Crediting readers who catch our mistakes is the single most valuable signal we can send to the rest of our audience about how seriously we take this.

3. What we treat as a "correction" vs. an "update"

Type Definition Logged here?
Correction A factual or technical mistake at the time of publishing. The article was wrong on the day it shipped. Yes (if significant)
Update Content that was right at the time but has since become out of date due to upstream changes (a deprecated flag, a renamed package, a new TLS version). No
Refresh A re-test sweep we initiate ourselves on a high-traffic article. The dateModified field is bumped, an "Updated" note may be added inline. No

We distinguish between these because conflating them would either drown the corrections log in trivial typos or hide actual mistakes inside generic "update" notes.

4. What does not get changed

A few things are deliberately not triggered by a correction request:

  • Editorial disagreement. If you believe a tutorial should recommend Tool B over Tool A on philosophical or stylistic grounds, that's a comment or a guest post, not a correction. We respond, but we won't rewrite an article on opinion.
  • AI-generated "rewrites". We've had reports where the body of the email is itself generated by an AI summarizing what the article allegedly says. We can't act on those — we need the specific wrong sentence and the specific corrected fact.
  • Bulk submissions from agencies. We don't accept "I run an SEO agency and noticed these 17 articles need updating" pitches as corrections. Send technical specifics from your own testing or send a guest post pitch instead.

5. Withdrawal of a tutorial

In rare cases — usually a security-sensitive article that cannot be safely retained even with a correction — we will withdraw the tutorial entirely. When that happens:

  • The original URL is preserved with a clear explanation of why the article was withdrawn (we do not 404 it silently).
  • A 301 redirect is added to the closest current replacement, if any exists.
  • The withdrawal is logged in the "Significant corrections" section below.

6. Significant corrections

This is a public log. New entries are appended at the top.

No significant corrections recorded yet. When the first one happens, it will be logged here in this format:

YYYY-MM-DD — /article-slug/ — Brief description of what was wrong and what changed. Reported by: Reporter Name (or "Anonymous reporter").

7. Right of reply

If a tutorial mentions a person, a product, a company, or an open-source project by name and you believe that mention is unfair or inaccurate, you have a right of reply. Email [email protected] with the subject line [Right of Reply], point to the specific mention, and tell us what you'd like added or amended. We will respond within 7 business days.

8. Contact

  • Corrections (technical): [email protected], subject [Correction]
  • Corrections (security-sensitive): same address, subject [Security Correction]
  • Right of reply: same address, subject [Right of Reply]
  • General contact: /contact-us/

For the broader picture of how we work, see our Editorial Policy and Fact-Checking Policy.