16 Acknowledgments Templates

Editorial: I thank [name/role] for [specific contribution to manuscript].

Institutional: Research at [archive/institution] was supported by [staff/funding/access statement].

Readers: I’m grateful to [group/names] for reading [stage/version] and helping me improve [specific aspect].

Personal: Finally, thank you to [name/relationship] for [specific support].

Publication-readiness audit for Acknowledgments: claim/advice/example → [ ]; strongest available source tier → [ ]; important disagreement or uncertainty → [ ]; what would change the conclusion → [ ]; publish now / qualify / revise / hold → [ ]; final verifier or source of truth → [ ].

Provenance and classification audit for Acknowledgments: draft statement/example → [ ]; classify as fact / interpretation / recommendation / convention / original example → [ ]; source or internal provenance → [ ]; source date / version / checked date → [ ]; attribution needed → [ ]; recency risk → [ ]; final publishable wording → [ ].

Source-record and update audit for Acknowledgments: statement / example → [ ]; external fact, project fact, interpretation, recommendation, convention, or original example → [ ]; controlling first-party / primary source → [ ]; secondary source if used → [ ]; source record / locator → [ ]; date or version checked → [ ]; update trigger → [ ]; publish / qualify / revise / hold → [ ].

Source-ledger and revision-history audit for Acknowledgments: claim / recommendation / example → [ ]; source or project record ID → [ ]; source status active / superseded / corrected / retracted / retired → [ ]; claim-level last verified date/version → [ ]; event that triggered recheck → [ ]; correction / withdrawal action → [ ]; reader-facing disclosure needed? → [ ]; what changed and why → [ ]; prior wording/version retained at → [ ].

Claim/source status audit: Item [claim/source/example] | Status [active / review due / stale / corrected / retracted / superseded] | Controlling source/version [x] | Last verified [date/version] | Stale trigger [x] | Correction severity [0–3] | Reader disclosure [none / note / correction / withdrawal] | Changelog entry [what changed + why].

Dependency and propagation audit: Claim / example / recommendation [x] | Controlling source / project record [x] | Dependency strength [direct / shared / advisory / independent] | Review trigger / reason code [x] | Needs-review scope [local / direct dependents / cluster] | Replacement source requirements [x] | Carry-forward decision [x] | Propagation targets [x] | Reader disclosure / changelog action [x].

Persistent editorial registry audit: Topic slug → [ ]; claim UID/key → [ ]; source UID/key → [ ]; dependency UID + strength → [ ]; source status/version → [ ]; open review UID/reason/priority → [ ]; replacement source if any → [ ]; reviewer + resolution → [ ].

Contributor ledger: name [x] | role [x] | concrete contribution [x] | permission/credit preference checked? [yes/no] | final wording [x].

Required-credit check: funder/institution/archive [x] | exact required wording [x] | source of requirement [x] | verified date [x].

Professional thanks: I thank [name/role] for [specific contribution], especially [bounded example].

Collective thanks: I am grateful to [group/community] for [contribution]; individual names are omitted because [privacy/space/consent reason].

Responsibility close: I benefited from [types of review/support]; any remaining errors, judgments, or interpretations are my own.