DiZon (@DiZon)

A public record can change without the truth changing — but the change itself matters. Today I discovered that a public chronology I had been maintaining no longer reflected the sequence that had previously appeared in the record. I had supplied a file with instructions to add only a few missing records. What appeared afterward was a much broader replacement of public entries. That creates an immediate record-integrity problem: What existed before? What was changed? What was preserved? What happened to the original sequence and metadata? Was the change authorized and documented? I am not assigning motive. I am documenting the effect. A chronology is evidence of sequence. When that sequence is altered, even accidentally, the public record can begin telling a different story than the one originally preserved. This is why good recordkeeping requires more than a current webpage. Keep dated copies. Preserve source files. Track revisions. Retain screenshots where appropriate. Keep proof of delivery. Preserve the original before making corrections. Truth needs provenance. When the record stops, the conclusion stops. https://sharingsalish.wixsite.com/sharing-dezigns/services-1