Where do I report an indexing error?

T W_5

Reporting an error used to be much easier. I have spent the past 30 minutes trying to figure out what to do.

Julia Szent-Györgyi

It rather all depends on the specifics.

If it's not actually an indexing error, but an autostandardization error, then you can report it here. Be sure to include a URL for an affected record. (Autostandardization affects placenames, and can usually be recognized by the existence of both an "Event Place (Original)" and an "Event Place" field; the first is what was indexed, the second is what the computer interpreted it as.)

If it's some other kind of error affecting a large number of records, you can likewise report it here, again giving URLs and specifics. A moderator will (hopefully, eventually) forward it to the appropriate people.

If it's an error affecting just a few people, then either you can correct it yourself (if it's an editable field in a correctable index), or you can console yourself with the fact that you found the record anyway.