Representative page final-check queue
A prioritized exact-page QA queue for the guides most likely to be used in affiliate applications after the site owner approves a public preview. This page does not promote any guide to publish_candidate.
Representative Page Final Check Queue
Status: pre-launch QA aid. This queue does not clear any page for affiliate applications, publishing, or publish_candidate status.
Use this before the site owner submits an affiliate application with example URLs. Start with the demand/source inventory in affiliates/REPRESENTATIVE_PAGE_SOURCE_PACKETS.md, complete the checks on the exact deployed or deploy-preview page, then record the dated result in research/REPRESENTATIVE_PAGE_VERIFICATION_LEDGER.md and the matching research/{slug}.md brief.
Minimum acceptance rule
A representative guide can be used in an application only when all of these are true:
- The page has a public/deploy-preview URL approved by the site owner.
- The rendered article has been opened and compared against its current source notes.
- Every transit, ferry, shuttle, venue-hour, park-rule, climate, pet-policy, or lodging-area claim has been rechecked against official/current sources where possible.
- No search-result or competitor-page evidence is used as factual support; those entries remain demand evidence only.
- No live affiliate links, tracking IDs, prices, guarantees, availability promises, or fake firsthand claims have been added.
- The verification date, reviewer, source URLs, and changes made are recorded in the ledger/brief.
Priority checks
| Priority | Page | Why this page matters | Exact final checks before external use | Current status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | /articles/weekend-trips-from-nyc-without-a-car.html | Broad no-car weekend intent with hotel/tour fit. | Reopen MTA, Amtrak, NYC Ferry, and official destination pages; verify seasonal beach/ferry implications and remove anything not currently supported. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
| 2 | /articles/where-to-stay-near-zion-without-a-car.html | Lodging + tour intent near a major park. | Reopen NPS shuttle/fees/directions/alerts, Springdale shuttle pages, and tour pickup assumptions; do not imply car-free ease beyond supported logistics. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
| 3 | /articles/things-to-do-in-gatlinburg-when-it-rains.html | Activity-ticket fit for tour/attraction partners. | Reopen official attraction pages for current hours, ticketing, closure days, and reservation rules; avoid current-price or availability statements. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
| 4 | /articles/dog-friendly-weekend-trips-from-atlanta.html | Pet-friendly lodging/vacation-rental commercial intent. | Reopen official destination/park pet guidance; keep property-level fees, size limits, and unattended-pet rules as booking-page checks. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
| 5 | /articles/warm-weekend-trips-from-chicago-in-march.html | Flight/hotel package intent with climate-sensitive claims. | Recheck route/logistics language and climate framing against NOAA/official climate sources; avoid cheap-flight or exact-weather claims. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
| 6 | /articles/where-to-stay-in-savannah-without-a-car.html | Walkable lodging/tour area intent. | Reopen city/visitor transit pages, verify DOT/shuttle assumptions, and map-check lodging-zone recommendations. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
| 7 | /articles/dog-friendly-weekend-trips-from-dallas.html | Pet-friendly hotel/rental cluster expansion. | Reopen park/destination pet-policy pages, state/national park alerts, and heat-season caveats; avoid property-level overclaims. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
| 8 | /articles/where-to-stay-in-charleston-without-a-car.html | Downtown lodging/tour intent. | Reopen city/CARTA/DASH visitor details, tour departure points, and map-check walkability/accessibility language. | Researched draft; not application-cleared. |
Copyable completion note
Use this format in the relevant research brief after the final pass:
Final representative-page check — YYYY-MM-DD
Reviewer: the site owner/agent
Page checked: <public or deploy-preview URL>
Sources reopened: <official URLs>
Claims changed or removed: <summary>
Affiliate/tracking state: no live partner links or tracking IDs unless separately approved
Outcome: cleared for application example / not cleared; remaining blockers: <items>Do not do during this queue
- Do not submit affiliate applications.
- Do not publish or deploy publicly without the site owner approval.
- Do not add partner IDs, live affiliate links, or analytics tracking.
- Do not mark any article
publish_candidateunless the completion note is recorded and blockers are resolved.