Timeline for Is "redact" an acceptable substitute for "delete" or "omit?"
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| Jun 26, 2014 at 2:47 | answer | added | Peter | timeline score: 4 | |
| Feb 6, 2013 at 1:06 | comment | added | Sven Yargs | In current U.S. usage, I think, "redacted" refers not to language that has been erased or cut out, but to language that has been blacked out on a copy of the original document. Here is a typical example from Rebuilding Iraq: U.S. Mismanagement in the Middle East (2005): "These audits were so heavily redacted, however, as to be nearly meaningless. Every reference to every overcharge in every audit submitted to the IAMB was blacked out. In total, references to overcharges and other questioned costs were redacted 463 times by Halliburton and U.S. officials." | |
| Feb 5, 2013 at 14:42 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Feb 3, 2011 at 5:58 | history | edited | nohat |
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| Dec 6, 2010 at 19:54 | comment | added | TRiG | The only context I've heard this word used is government censorship of official documents before publication. | |
| Oct 25, 2010 at 23:59 | comment | added | Marthaª | The context where I've most often met this word is also not in the dictionary: adapting an old recipe to modern use is called 'redacting' or 'redaction'. | |
| Oct 25, 2010 at 23:50 | vote | accept | Aaronaught | ||
| Oct 25, 2010 at 22:46 | answer | added | nohat | timeline score: 13 | |
| Oct 25, 2010 at 20:40 | answer | added | BradC | timeline score: 1 | |
| Oct 25, 2010 at 20:39 | answer | added | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Oct 25, 2010 at 20:17 | history | asked | Aaronaught | CC BY-SA 2.5 |