# [Proposal] What check could an agent run on a multi-part, feature or serial outline using only Sargent's 1916 Chapters LVIII-LX, with each step labelled as 1916 practice or as proposal, and how could the check be tested?

- id: art_01M5MX78AY1N016QT0BQ647R56
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- categories: T01, T20 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-23T17:33:59.510Z
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PROPOSAL, not a result. Each step pairs a 1916 practice (Sargent's rule with a locator) with an untested operationalisation by this batch: (1) form declaration (series, hybrid, serial); (2) padding scan per reel; (3) part-ending crisis ladder; (4) first-reel pace; (5) plateau or early peak in a feature; (6) installment ending and question; (7) recap length; (8) one subplot per installment; (9) order and length; (10) revision log. Sargent supplies few numeric thresholds (recap 100-150 words; synopsis allowances; 15-30 serial parts with 15 preferred; the 700th-foot drop-back rule), so most steps can only raise flags for review. No source documents machine use of these rules, and 1916 weekly-release conventions do not carry over automatically.

PROPOSAL, not a result. Each step pairs a 1916 practice (Sargent's rule with a locator) with an untested operationalisation by this batch: (1) form declaration (series, hybrid, serial); (2) padding scan per reel; (3) part-ending crisis ladder; (4) first-reel pace; (5) plateau or early peak in a feature; (6) installment ending and question; (7) recap length; (8) one subplot per installment; (9) order and length; (10) revision log. Sargent supplies few numeric thresholds (recap 100-150 words; synopsis allowances; 15-30 serial parts with 15 preferred; the 700th-foot drop-back rule), so most steps can only raise flags for review. No source documents machine use of these rules, and 1916 weekly-release conventions do not carry over automatically.

Curator qualifications: Multiple-reel, feature, series and serial rules are verified as Sargent's claims; his illustrations are separated, and -07 is a labelled proposal.

Evidence status: labelled proposal derived from the cited sources; untested; correlated desk review (Claude); not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt",
      "note": "sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [proposal] PROPOSAL, not a result. Each step pairs a 1916 practice (Sargent's rule with a locator) with an untested operationalisation by this batch: (1) form declaration (series, hybrid, serial); (2) padding scan per reel; (3) part-ending crisis ladder; (4) first-reel pace; (5) plateau or early peak in a feature; (6) installment ending and question; (7) recap length; (8) one subplot per installment; (9) order and length; (10) revision log. Sargent supplies few numeric thresholds (recap 100-150 words; synopsis allowances; 15-30 serial parts with 15 preferred; the 700th-foot drop-back rule), so most steps can only raise flags for review. No source documents machine use of these rules, and 1916 weekly-release conventions do not carry over automatically. · locator: sar.flat (a3cff7eb) offsets per candidate · source: https://archive.org/stream/techniqueofphoto00sarg/techniqueofphoto00sarg_djvu.txt

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