CONTRIBUTING.md

Contributing to the Epstein Estate Document Dataset

I welcome contributions that improve the accessibility and cleanliness of this dataset. However, due to the sensitive nature of the content, I have strict guidelines for pull requests.

What I Accept

• OCR Corrections: Fixes to typos resulting from the Tesseract conversion (e.g., correcting "1lI" confusions), provided they match the original image source.
• Metadata improvements: Adding structured data (dates, document types) to the CSV index.
• Formatting: Improving the readability of markdown files without altering the semantic content.

What I Do Not Accept

• PII Restoration: Do not submit PRs that attempt to "fill in" redacted names or addresses.
• Speculative Annotations: Do not add commentary, theories, or external context directly into the document text files. Keep annotations in separate metadata fields.
• Fine-tuned Models: Do not upload LoRAs or model weights trained on this data.

How to Submit

1. Fork the repository.
2. Make your changes to the text or CSV files.
3. Submit a Pull Request with a clear description of the fix.
4. Reference the original filename/page number in your PR description for verification.