Bar 05 · Reference
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Comments, corrections and questions about the material are welcome. Please write through the form below or use the postal address given at the foot of the page.
Editorial office
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Use the form to send a correction, a question about a definition, or a note on presentation. Please include enough detail that the relevant page can be identified, and quote the sentence or the formula concerned where possible. A concise note is easier to act on than a long one.
What happens next
On sending the note, you are taken to a short confirmation page. The note itself is not transmitted anywhere beyond the editorial office; it is read, and a reply is prepared where one is owed. Simple corrections are folded into the page on the next review, and a note on wording may be held until the surrounding paragraphs are lightly revised.
Questions that fall outside the scope of the reference are answered with a pointer to the general material and no more. The office does not give advice on particular matters and does not carry out work on request.
Response times
Notes are read in the order they arrive. A reply usually follows within a few working days, though a note that needs a fresh figure or a rewritten paragraph may take longer. Where a correction is accepted, the page entry is revised and the change is noted at the foot of the page.
Postal note
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What to include
A useful note names the page concerned and quotes the sentence or formula it is about. If the matter is a misprint, a short indication of where the misprint sits is enough. If the matter is a disagreement with a statement, a sentence on the reasoning helps the office to weigh it properly. A note that says only that something is wrong leaves the office with nothing to act upon, and the reply must then ask for the missing detail.
Subject lines
Choose the subject from the list that comes nearest to the matter. A correction concerns a plain mistake in the text or a figure. A question concerns a definition or a step in an argument. A note on presentation concerns wording, layout or the arrangement of a table. Where none of these fits, choose the last entry and describe the matter in the message itself.
Languages
Notes are read in English. A note in another tongue will be read where a member of the office can do so, and answered in the same language where possible. The reference itself is published in English alone.