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Identified issues and fixes applied during revision
Summary
Lists specific minor issues discovered in the draft and the corrective actions implemented.
The audit identified a small set of fixable issues (mostly clarifications and precision). Each issue below lists the category, a short description and severity, followed by the corrective action implemented in the final articles.
1) Date precision (severity: low): The transcript only states the meeting was "properly posted on July 21," but does not provide a meeting date in ISO format. Fix: Recorded meeting.date as 2025-07-21 with clear audit note that posting date was the only date present; final articles avoid asserting a specific meeting date beyond the posted date.
2) Agency name formatting (severity: low): Transcript used "O. G. and E." Corrected to standard local stylization "OG&E" in articles for clarity. Fix: Normalized to "OG&E" and noted evidence in provenance excerpts.
3) Proper-name normalization (severity: low): Transcript spelled "Westminister Road." Left as written in provenance excerpts but used consistently as "Westminister Road" in articles to avoid inventing an alternate spelling; flagged for copy desk verification against county maps. Fix: Consistent spelling retained and flagged for verification.
4) Vote detail gaps (severity: medium): Many motions passed by voice vote without roll-call tallies. Where the transcript provided a numeric floor response (OG&E item "2 to 1") that number was reported; for other items the articles avoid inventing tallies and report approvals as voice votes. Fix: Added notes that roll-call names/tallies were not in the transcript and recommended verifying official minutes for exact counts.
5) Attribution precision (severity: low): Several presenters were referred to by first name only (e.g., "Jessica," "Ryan"). Articles use the exactly given names and functional titles derived from the transcript (e.g., "Jessica, staff"; "Ryan, committee member") and avoid expanding or inferring surnames or official titles not present in the transcript. Fix: All attributions restricted to transcript-identifiable names/roles.
All issues were corrected in the final article texts and metadata; no substantive facts were invented to resolve ambiguities.
