Corrections

If something on this site is wrong, tell us at [email protected]. Reports from historians, clan associations, museums and tartan specialists are welcome.

What to include

• The page address.
• The sentence or field you think is wrong.
• What you believe is correct, and a source: a book with page number, an archive reference, a registry entry or a link.
• If you are writing for an organisation, such as a clan society, say so.

A claim with no source can still prompt us to look, but we cannot change a page on assertion alone.

What happens

1. We check the report against the source it cites and against our own source record.
2. If the page is wrong, we change the data or text, update the source record if needed and, for a material change, update the page's modified date. Significant corrections carry a visible note.
3. If sources disagree, the page is changed to say so and name them.
4. If the report is not supported, we leave the page as it is, and we will say why if you asked.

Reports we can act on

• A date or name that differs from the source cited for it.
• A tartan, clan or surname linked to the wrong record, or a link that the source does not support.
• A registry reference that does not match the Scottish Register of Tartans entry.
• A source link that no longer works or that has been replaced by a newer edition.
• An image credit that is missing or wrong. Credits are listed on the image credits page.

Where we cannot tell, a claim is downgraded or removed instead of being left as it was. See the editorial policy and the methodology.