Version history — Bystander Effect¶
Current edition: v2 · 2026-09-16 · prime abstraction
Corrections¶
Checking this entry found 3 errors, now corrected: against its sources, or where it contradicted itself or its arithmetic did not hold. Each is listed here so a reader can see what changed. How references were checked.
- 2026-06-19 · Citation corrected. Cited Hudson and Bruckman (2004), a study of chatroom research ethics, under a wrong title and venue, for the bystander effect online; the sentence now cites Markey's 'Bystander intervention in computer-mediated communication' (2000).
- 2026-06-19 · Citation corrected. Gave Fritzsche, Finkelstein and Penner (2000) a title and journal that do not exist; the reference now reads 'To help or not to help: Capturing individuals' decision policies', Social Behavior and Personality 28(6).
- 2026-06-19 · Citation corrected. Dated Levine's 'The Kindness of Strangers' (American Scientist) to 1999; it was published in 2003.
Editions¶
| Version | Date | Change | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|
| v2 | 2026-09-16 | Citation verification: a first 3,245 citations (7.5 %, prime abstractions) now carry a "Show verification details" record under the article's References and on the work's page — graded Supported, Supported in part, or Borderline support, each naming what it was verified against and quoting the passage it rests on. New "Against the text" section and filter on the References index; reference-page Verification rewritten as question and answer. Footnotes cleaned of editorial bookkeeping (~2,900 entries; ~450 mechanism/article versions move). Registry rebuilt. Negative verdicts withheld pending review. | prose — detailed body (prose edited) |
| v1 | 2026-08-24 | First published edition. | first published edition |
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