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I just changed the lead headline at The Guardian (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 month ago by Powderhorn@beehaw.org to c/chat@beehaw.org

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Nothing huge ... just removing an "n" that made it incorrect. I emailed because it was a bit embarrassing.

But I literally changed an international publication. Not since I changed A1 on The Washington Post as a bystander in 2003 have I felt this.

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[–] TechGuy@discuss.online 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The world needs more “those guys”, especially when they actually know what they’re talking about.

I was only quoting the explanation, but as far as I can tell, part of the joke is that the paper was so regularly riddled with typesetting and spelling errors that The Guardian could make an error with an unchanging block that should be almost impossible to get wrong without deliberate effort.

As to whether they meant the nameplate or the masthead, this is a distinction I’d never heard about before, so I’ve learnt something there!