Contact What On This Date
Tell us what you have found. The enquiry form on this page is the only way to reach the editors, and it covers feedback, corrections, date suggestions, and media or partnership questions.
02 — Chapter one
Corrections are how the archive gets better
A dated entry is easy to check and easy to get slightly wrong. When a reader writes in with a fix, the entry changes.
We keep refining the archive rather than treating it as finished. Dates shift between sources, a name gets spelled two ways, a place is described by a border that no longer exists. Readers notice these things faster than we do, because they arrive at one day with real knowledge of it.
So corrections are not a complaint here. They are the most useful message you can send us. If you can point to the exact day and the exact line that reads wrong, that is enough to start with — you do not need to write a research paper.
The same goes for gaps. If a day you know well is missing something that belongs there, tell us the date and what should sit on it. Suggestions from readers are one of the ways days get filled in.
03
How we work
A clear path from first conversation to finished work.
Discover
We start from what you need and the constraints on the job.
Deliver
We do the work with a clear quote and a named contact.
Handover
You get a clean finish and a clear next step.
03 — Before you write
Find the day first, then write to us
Every day of the year has its own page. Opening the one you mean takes a minute and makes your message far quicker for us to act on.
- Open the date — Go to the day you are writing about and read the entry as it stands. Sometimes the line you remember has already been amended.
- Copy the wording — Paste the sentence you are questioning into your message. It removes any doubt about which of the day's entries you mean.
- See how entries are built — Our short explainer covers how a calendar date becomes the day's story, which is useful context if you are suggesting an addition.
Every entry carries a date, and a date can be checked. If we have one wrong, we would rather hear it from a reader than leave it standing.
Chapter two
What to include for each type of enquiry
The form asks you to choose an enquiry type. Here is what makes each one easy to act on, so nothing has to go back and forth.
Correction or amendment
Include the date and the entry concerned. Add the corrected detail and, where you have one, the source you are going by. A single line is often enough.
Suggest a date entry
Include the date it relates to and a sentence on what happened. Tell us why it belongs on that day — anniversaries, first occurrences and local events all count.
General enquiry
Questions about how entries are chosen, how the site is put together, or anything you could not find while reading. Ask plainly and we will answer plainly.
Media or partnership
Tell us the publication or organisation, what you are proposing, and any date you are working towards. Please send the detail in the first message.
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