An internal editorial audit was performed against the draft articles focusing on: spelling, clarity, chronology, framing, misidentification, out_of_context quotes, quantitative precision, process clarity, context clarity, agency clarity, question emphasis, omission, bias and duplication.
Key fixes applied before final publication:
- Speaker attributions were locked to the transcript speakers list; no external identities were introduced. Where only titles (e.g., "Trustee Davis") were present in the transcript those were used consistently. Law director is cited in transcript as "Mister Bryant" and is labeled accordingly.
- Proper-name normalization: "Delhi Township" used consistently for the municipal body; no use of external metadata to assign alternate council names.
- Chronology: Articles now state whether remarks occurred in public comment, trustee remarks, or staff reports as the transcript shows.
- Quantitative precision: All figures and percentages are reported as given in the transcript (e.g., 72% for 12-lead deployment) and where numbers are not specified the article notes "not specified" or uses approximate language as in the transcript.
- Claims and allegations: Language was neutral ("asked," "requested," "alleged," "said"); no editorial implication of guilt or wrongdoing was added.
- Out-of-context risk reduced by keeping direct quotes linked to the speaker and surrounding explanatory sentences.
No new factual claims were added; where the transcript was ambiguous, the article states that detail as "not specified."