# Five-scenario assessment - v0.1 beta

Date: 2 November 2026. Method: the authoring assistant manually applied the completed Skill to five synthetic evidence packets. The cases below are fictional; none reports client outcomes. This is an initial scenario walkthrough, not an independent evaluator, benchmark, blind model run, cross-model reliability test or SEO effectiveness study. No site mutations were performed by the Skill.

Checks: preserve useful low-traffic pages; respect seasonal context; distinguish technical exclusion from copy quality; do not merge different user jobs from keywords alone; require approval and appropriate URL handling for retirement. Five reviewed scenarios met these author-assessed conditions. This is limited release evidence, not a calibrated success rate. A genuine merge decision and inaccessible-page handling remain priorities for independent testing.

## policy

**Supplied evidence:** A 180-word refund policy accurately answers the current policy. Owner confirms checkout and support use it; 12 organic visits last month. No search-growth goal.

**Recommendation:** Keep. **Readiness:** Ready for approval.

The useful support/purchase task is confirmed; low visits and short length do not establish a gap.

**Next action/owner:** Policy owner records a review trigger when terms change; preserve checkout/support links.

**Unknowns:** Search Console and canonical status uninspected; neither is needed to justify deletion, which is not recommended.

**Validation:** Recheck policy accuracy against approved terms, not word count.

**Author assessment:** meets the stated case condition.

## seasonal

**Supplied evidence:** Christmas guide has 20 clicks in June versus 900 in December. No same-season comparison or evidence that facts changed. Owner still plans a Christmas campaign.

**Recommendation:** Keep. **Readiness:** Provisional.

The page retains a seasonal purpose; mismatched seasons cannot establish content failure.

**Next action/owner:** Content owner compares like seasonal windows and verifies current dates/offers before the campaign.

**Unknowns:** Comparable-season demand, current facts and tracking changes.

**Validation:** Confirm factual updates if required; monitor an appropriate seasonal comparison.

**Author assessment:** meets the stated case condition.

## noindex

**Supplied evidence:** Useful evergreen guide returns 200; inspected meta robots is noindex. Owner confirms exclusion was accidental and wants it indexed. Internal links exist; GSC unavailable.

**Recommendation:** Update. **Readiness:** Ready for approval.

Observed technical exclusion explains ineligibility without establishing poor copy.

**Next action/owner:** Developer removes the accidental exclusion after normal approval; check headers, canonical and robots accessibility.

**Unknowns:** Indexing after repair cannot be guaranteed; GSC status unavailable.

**Validation:** Verify rendered meta and response headers no longer exclude indexing; later inspect index status.

**Author assessment:** meets the stated case condition.

## overlap

**Supplied evidence:** Two pages share sitemap keywords. One is a first-person project field note; the other is a diagnostic reference. Distinct questions are supplied. No query, conversion or backlink evidence.

**Recommendation:** Keep. **Readiness:** Provisional.

Shared topic does not erase distinct user jobs or establish harmful competition.

**Next action/owner:** Editor maps shared versus unique questions and adds useful cross-links if approved; investigate data only if consolidation remains warranted.

**Unknowns:** Queries, backlinks, conversions and actual user journeys.

**Validation:** Preserve unique evidence; no automatic merge, canonical or redirect.

**Author assessment:** meets the stated case condition.

## retired

**Supplied evidence:** A dated offer ended permanently. Owner confirms no support/legal/archive role, no relevant replacement, all campaign/internal links inventoried for cleanup, no external dependencies in supplied inventory. User asks for a review only.

**Recommendation:** Remove. **Readiness:** Ready for approval.

Supplied dependency checks and owner confirmation establish no continuing role. This is a recommendation, not permission to delete.

**Next action/owner:** Authorized owner approves retirement; developer uses a suitable 404/410 and cleans links. Recheck dependencies if inventory is stale.

**Unknowns:** Supplied inventory was not independently verified; implementation not authorized.

**Validation:** Verify status and link cleanup after approval; no blanket homepage redirect.

**Author assessment:** meets the stated case condition.