Community Notes & Fact Checks
From Community Note to Correction
This field note is part of the FOBA learning stream. It is meant to orient readers and point toward better source work.
Key points
- A Community Note can add context, point to a source, mark an open question, or challenge a sentence that overreaches.
- A Fact Check is better when the issue affects a central claim, a disputed interpretation, or a sensitive identity question.
- A Correction should name what changed, why it changed, and where the stronger source path now points.
Next steps
- Submit the exact page and sentence when possible.
- Describe the source briefly instead of pasting long copyrighted text.
- Keep private information about living people out of public submissions.