# Revising Classic Columns (Hendrix)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revising-classic-columns-hendrix/229828>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [February 18, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revising-classic-columns-hendrix/229828 "2004-02-18T18:09:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![anson2995](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@anson2995](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anson2995)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2004, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revising-classic-columns-hendrix/229828/1 "2004-02-18T18:09:21Z")

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sorry if this seems overly picky…

Cecil’s column about Jimi Hendrix [releasing posthumous albums](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_327a.html) was posted today as a “classic.” It carried the date of 10-Oct-1975, but in the last paragraph he wrote: “You may remember the renewed interest in Jim Morrison during the 80s…”

If the old columns are being updated, I think the date ought to be changed, or a note should be added to reflect the change. The context in which Cecil’s answers are written is often very much dependent on when they were written.

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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revising-classic-columns-hendrix/229828/2 "2004-02-19T13:22:12Z")

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The “updating” is not the full, complete update and revision that we wish THE READER had the time and resources to do. It’s usually just a note or comment added here or there, usually not by Cecil Hisself.

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**Author:** ![The\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@The\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dude)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2004, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/revising-classic-columns-hendrix/229828/3 "2004-02-20T19:13:38Z")

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> [@C K Dexter Haven](#):
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> The “updating” is not the full, complete update and revision that we wish THE READER had the time and resources to do. It’s usually just a note or comment added here or there, usually not by Cecil Hisself.

Maybe it’s because I’m a newbie here but it appears you sidestepped the issue that was raised.

If the SDSTAFF going to go to the trouble of editing or adding additional material to the original column, especially when changing the timeframe of the reply affects THE READER’S perception (as it does in this instance) why not note that the column was in fact revised 😕

Adding material in a way that confuses the TEEMING MILLIONS seems to run counter to the mission statement “Fighting Ignorance Since 1973” 😉

Or maybe we’ve hit on one of the reasons its “Taking Longer Than We Thought” 🆒