How statuses work
The site separates three very different things: someone thinks this is wrong, the community investigated and established that it is wrong, and the author or publisher confirmed it. A report never counts as an error until it has been confirmed, and every status change appears in the issue’s timeline together with the reasoning behind it.
- Reported
Someone thinks there may be a problem. Not yet discussed — this is a question, not a verdict.
Set automatically when someone reports an issue.
- Under discussion
Other readers are investigating whether this is really an error.
Set automatically when someone other than the reporter replies (moderators can also set it).
- Confirmed error
The community investigated and established that the book is wrong here.
Set by a moderator after the discussion establishes the error. Requires a written explanation.
- Not an error
Investigated: the book is correct here (or the report was withdrawn).
Set by a moderator or verified author/publisher with an explanation — or by the reporter, to withdraw their own report.
- Duplicate
The same problem is already reported in another issue.
Set by a moderator, linking to the original issue.
Editions
Separately from its status, each issue records whether the problem is present in each edition of the book. That is how the site can tell you which known issues affect the edition you own, and which were fixed later.
- Error present
- Corrected
- Not checked
- Passage not in this edition
Anyone with an account who has a copy of an edition can record this; changes are logged in the timeline.