Is it wrong to send an update to correct misinformation?

[Hawkenthesky]

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[Phile98]

@gonnif wait, OP is competitive in stats for top 20 schools (sorry for stalking OP). I think it might give her an advantage to show she's contributed heavily to a novel project. Is there a way she could let them know? It's not like she's going from 9th to 5th author. Being 2nd author is pretty dang amazing. @Goro @Catalystik @LizzyM whatchu think?

 

[Catalystik]

1) when my 1st author thing is finally submitted/sent out for review I’ll probs send an update and
2) maybe I’ll mention this as like a little side note

1) A submitted manuscript should not be mentioned in an update letter, as it will not make a difference in your candidacy. If it doesn't get accepted, gets accepted if you do major revisions, or gets accepted by the second journal you send it to, you'll once again have to backpedal.

2) If you mention the authorship placement mistake, you'll be calling attention to the fact that you jumped the gun. Best to let it lie.

 

[MCATISEZ]

1) A submitted manuscript should not be mentioned in an update letter, as it will not make a difference in your candidacy. If it doesn't get accepted, gets accepted if you do major revisions, or gets accepted by the second journal you send it to, you'll once again have to backpedal.

2) If you mention the authorship placement mistake, you'll be calling attention to the fact that you jumped the gun. Best to let it lie.

He/she said his paper was "accepted" but he/she did not know where he was on the author list for some reason. The paper was apparently also accepted prior to him submitting his primary, so I don't think he jumped the gun at all.

oh I didn’t realize submission was not itself sufficient for an update, thanks for clarifying!

But now it seems as if this wasn't the case.

 

[Catalystik]

the second author paper was accepted prior to submitting.

That was clear in the original post. So was an assumption of authorship position, but on the positive side, it was a humble assumption.