# KORA First Paper v0.8 Citation Cleanup Delta

Delta date: 2026-05-18

## Purpose

This note records the narrow citation cleanup applied while creating manuscript v0.8 from manuscript v0.7. It applies only the ready-to-apply items from `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-v0-7-citation-cleanup-action-plan.md`.

It does not apply source-verification items, final-packaging deferrals, do-not-add items, external reference additions, bibliography finalization, figure rebuild, Word export, PDF export, arXiv work, archive creation, or generated artifact creation.

## Ready-to-Apply Items Applied

| Source action-plan item | v0.8 treatment | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Submission-candidate status link | Updated `docs/paper/kora-first-paper-submission-candidate-status-v0-1.md` to record manuscript v0.8 and link this delta note. | Applied |
| Manuscript references section | Preserved the current aligned `[Rxx]` manuscript citation set and added a v0.8 status sentence that citation labels, style, and BibTeX remain non-final. | Applied |
| Related work optional records | Kept optional preliminary records `[R14]`, `[R16]`, `[R21]`, and `[R24]` out of manuscript v0.8. | Applied |
| Evidence and benchmark wording | Preserved the existing claim boundary and did not use external citations as evidence for KORA benchmark results. | Applied |
| Figure placeholder sections | Kept Figure 1 and Figure 2 as text placeholders only; no figure work was performed. | Applied |

## Items Not Applied

- No needs-source-verification items were applied.
- No final-packaging deferrals were applied.
- No do-not-add items were applied.
- No deferred records `[R17]` or `[R18]` were cited.
- No still-not-eligible records `[R02]`, `[R15]`, `[R19]`, `[R20]`, `[R22]`, or `[R23]` were cited.
- No unsupported bibliography entries were added.
- No references were invented.
- The bibliography is not final.

## v0.8 Citation State

Manuscript v0.8 preserves the manuscript-cited record set from v0.7:

- `[R01]`
- `[R03]`
- `[R04]`
- `[R05]`
- `[R06]`
- `[R07]`
- `[R08]`
- `[R09]`
- `[R10]`
- `[R11]`
- `[R12]`
- `[R13]`

The cited set remains covered by current preliminary BibTeX, but final source verification, final citation style conversion, final bibliography formatting, and final manuscript-to-final-BibTeX synchronization remain unresolved.

## Status

Manuscript v0.8 is a citation-cleanup draft, not a submission package. Figure 1 and Figure 2 remain placeholders. Figure rebuild, Word/PDF/arXiv/export work, full bibliography finalization, and final human review remain pending. The paper remains not submission-ready.
