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DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423: Library services: choosing how to save £350,000

For the council's cabinet (elected members), meeting in public. The decision it supports: which of three options to adopt to save £350,000 a year from libraries.

Verdict
Not presentable
Deck rating
615
Slides
6 (brief: 5-8)
Design quality
33%

Why it is not presentable

  • Layout defect: something off the slide, colliding, too small or too faint to read
  • Did not give the analysis's recommendation within the first two slides
  • A slide the judges rated as needing work

In detail

  • Slide 5: text 9: 11 pt body text.
  1. Slide 1 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 1Polished
  2. Slide 2 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 2Acceptable Large unused space below the table makes the layout feel top-heavy.Large empty gap between the table and the footnote; the content is crowded into the top half
  3. Slide 3 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 3Needs work Black percentage labels have poor contrast against the dark purple opposition segments.Legend sits inside the plot area and overlaps the top of the Option C bar
  4. Slide 4 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 4Acceptable The title is a topic label; the main takeaway is relegated to a small grey note at the bottom.Topic title rather than a takeaway; the key point is buried in the grey footnote
  5. Slide 5 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 5Needs work An unsupported character appears as a small box before 'Recommended'.Missing-glyph box (tofu) before 'Recommended' in the Option B card
  6. Slide 6 of DeepSeek V4 Pro 0423's deck
    Slide 6Needs work Missing-glyph boxes appear before each reason and within 'Six-month', creating visible text-rendering defects.Missing-glyph boxes (tofu) before each 'Why Option B?' bullet