On 2016 Mar 22, Karen Shashok commented:

In the Correspondence section of Nature* we questioned the choice of the padlock-and-dagger illustration used for this article, because we felt it might send an incongruous message about open access despite Lewandowsky and Bishop’s favorable views.

A senior subeditor acknowledged that there may have been an editorial oversight in not considering the possibility that some might misinterpret the illustration. Nature declined to consider publishing a correction because we did not point out any factual errors in the article.

Karen Shashok kshashok@kshashok.com Remedios Melero rmelero@iata.csic.es

• Shashok K, Melero M. Transparency: an opaque illustration. Nature 2016; 531: 35. doi:10.1038/531035e Published online 02 March 2016. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7592/full/531035e.html

On 2016 Mar 22, Karen Shashok commented:

In the Correspondence section of Nature* we questioned the choice of the padlock-and-dagger illustration used for this article, because we felt it might send an incongruous message about open access despite Lewandowsky and Bishop’s favorable views.

A senior subeditor acknowledged that there may have been an editorial oversight in not considering the possibility that some might misinterpret the illustration. Nature declined to consider publishing a correction because we did not point out any factual errors in the article.

Karen Shashok kshashok@kshashok.com Remedios Melero rmelero@iata.csic.es

• Shashok K, Melero M. Transparency: an opaque illustration. Nature 2016; 531: 35. doi:10.1038/531035e Published online 02 March 2016. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v531/n7592/full/531035e.html