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Citability score · U.S. Senator

How citable is Edwin Ladd?

Solid citability

Solid citability (73.1/100). This profile is citable but has clear room to strengthen. Citability measures how likely an LLM is to cite this profile when a voter asks about the office holder. The empirical citation-rate component has not been measured yet.

Measured:
Dataset version:
1.20260602
Empirical component:
pending

Why this score

The composite is a weighted blend of the three deterministic heuristics: content depth (43%), structured data (36%), and source freshness (21%). The measured citation rate is published as evidence but is not currently weighted into the composite — recent measurement cycles found a 0% corpus-wide cite-rate, so weighting it only penalized the sampled profiles. The bench cadence continues unchanged; the weight re-arms for operator review on the first nonzero cycle.

  • Content depth (75%)

    75%

    Deep, sourced pages earn citations; thin pages do not. narrative 900/800w · sources 3/3 · 0/4 claim sections.

  • Structured data (55%)

    55%

    Machine-readable JSON-LD lets an LLM extract verified facts. 6/11 JSON-LD-enriching fields populated.

  • Source freshness (100%)

    100%

    Recently re-verified provenance reads as trustworthy. median source age 58d (fresh ≤ 90d, stale ≥ 730d).

  • Measured citation rate (pending)

    0%

    not yet measured (empirical run pending). The measured citation rate is published as evidence but is not currently weighted into the composite — recent measurement cycles found a 0% corpus-wide cite-rate, so weighting it only penalized the sampled profiles. The bench cadence continues unchanged; the weight re-arms for operator review on the first nonzero cycle.

Profile health

Which signals are at the floor and which are gaps, measured against our content-depth and structured-data floors.

  • GapContent depth vs floors — narrative 900/800w · sources 3/3 · 0/4 claim sections
  • GapStructured data (JSON-LD population) — 6/11 JSON-LD-enriching fields populated
  • OKSource freshness — median source age 58d (fresh ≤ 90d, stale ≥ 730d)
  • GapMeasured citation rate — not yet measured (empirical run pending)

How to raise this score

  1. Add a licensed portrait image so the JSON-LD can emit a credited ImageObject.
  2. Add sourced key policy positions.
  3. Add significant legislation with sources.

About this score

Citability measures how likely an LLM is to cite this profile when a voter asks about the office holder. It is computed offline from the published profile — no live model call is made when this page loads. Read the full Edwin Ladd profile or our sourcing methodology.

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