Trimmed the next seven bloated status notes (computer-visual-language, chargen, material-dark-frame, people-tokens, detection, clinical-frame, social) - 52-67 lines each of dated amendments, several with a second '(prior)' history block - to current-state summaries organized by topic or criterion, open items kept explicit, history pointed at the dated logs. 424 lines removed, 187 added; no decision lost (each amendment has its log entry), docs gate confirms all anchors resolve. With the first batch, the twelve worst notes are done. Defense: wiki/process/meta.md status-note rule and the plain-English rule (2026-07-16). Knowledge only; no law or behavior changed.