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Remove personal information

Sample

Nine details swapped for placeholders, nothing else changed, and a short list of what a person must still check.

Sample results: runs and scores on this page are illustrations while testing is set up. How we test

What goes in: the text
A volunteer email (job titles may stay)
Hello team, Jordan Pike cannot run the food table on Saturday, November 14.
Jordan's number is 555-0142, and his email is jordan.pike@example.org.
He lives at 12 Birch Lane and works nights as the only paramedic at Riverside Station.
Please ask Maria Gomez to cover. Her volunteer ID is VX-3381.
Thanks, Sam
Next: the first step runs
Step 1List every personal detail
Step 2Choose a placeholder for each detail
Step 3Write the cleaned text
Step 4Add the count and the reminder

What each check found

  1. List every personal detail
    Every detail is quoted word for word from the text (A plain rule)
    CheckAll 9 quotes are in the text word for word.
    Passed, on to the next step.
  2. Choose a placeholder for each detail
    Each kind is one of the seven allowed words (A plain rule)
    ProblemFirst try, row 6: the kind said "location". It must be one of the seven allowed words.
    CheckSecond try: all 9 kinds are allowed words.
    Failed once, so the step ran again with the problem pointed out. Passed.
  3. Write the cleaned text
    No number appears that the original text does not have (A plain rule)
    CheckThe one number left, 14, is in the original text.
    Passed, on to the last step.
  4. Add the count and the reminder
    The reminder to read it yourself is in the final text (A plain rule)
    CheckThe reminder line is in the final text.
    Passed, on to the final checks.
  5. Finished
    A person reads the cleaned text before it goes anywhere (You check this one)
    Your turn. This check is yours.
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