| If a story that has been issued is subsequently suspected of being erroneous, a hold should be issued to stop clients using it while we are checking:
Australia-Queen/
HOLD HOLD HOLD ''''' =
Please hold item dpa 123 "Queen ends visit". There is some doubt whether the queen has actually left.
If a check confirms the original version was correct, an
advisory should be sent, stating that the story can be
used in its original form.
Otherwise refile as a corrected version.
Stories found to be so basically wrong that they cannot be put right by a correction should be killed and a substitute issued:
US-Space/
KILL KILL KILL ''''' =
Please kill item dpa 157 "U.S. launches Mars rocket". The launch was called off at the last moment because of bad weather. A substitute story will run immediately.
The hold/kill line contains five bells and five apostrophes. In PEN software the bells can be written with AltGr + G
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