A useful refresh corrects or improves content. Identify what has become inaccurate, incomplete or difficult to use before editing the publication metadata.
Use a concrete trigger
An integration guide may need revision after a provider changes its process. A planning guide may need a missing scenario revealed by buyer questions. Record the reason for review and the sources checked.
| Signal | Intervention |
|---|---|
| Outdated source | Recheck and correct the claim |
| Repeated unanswered question | Add a response and example |
| Overlapping pages | Compare intent before consolidating |
| Comprehension problem | Improve the reading path |
Preserve valid work
A local correction does not require rewriting the entire article. Check dependent paragraphs, tables and links. If consolidation changes addresses, prepare redirects and update inbound links rather than leaving readers at a dead end.
When should the updated date change?
Use it when a substantive revision warrants signalling a new version to readers. Preserve the original publication date. A review that finds no required change can be recorded internally without making the article appear newly rewritten. The intended benefit is a more reliable answer; a recent date alone does not demonstrate that improvement.
Review market adaptation during updates
A corrected French source does not automatically resolve an English example with different assumptions. Check the paired page for the same factual issue, then inspect its own terminology and links. Keep update dates tied to substantive changes actually made to each version.
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