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Fix deep scan: log output even on failure, capture exit code for debugging

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[^2]: Daniels, P.T. & Bright, W. *The World's Writing Systems* (Oxford, 1996)
[^3]: Wikipedia contributors. "Phoenician language." *Wikipedia*. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_language
[^4]: History of Information. "The Oldest Known Evidence of the Phoenician Alphabet." http://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=1310
[^5]: Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Phoenician alphabet." https://www.britannica.com/topic/Phoenician-alphabet
[^5]: Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Phoenician alphabet." https://www.britannica.com/topic/Phoenician-alphabet
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 9: "Type: Abjad (consonantal alphabet, no vowels) [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 10: "Number of letters: 22 [^1]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 11: "Direction: Right to left [^1]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 13: "Used for: Iron Age Canaanite languages — Phoenician, Hebrew, Ammonite, Edom..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 23: "Aramaic alphabet: Ancestor of Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and many Asian scripts ..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 24: "Latin alphabet (via Greek and Etruscan): Used by most of the modern world [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 26: "South Arabian script: Ancestor of Ethiopic (Ge'ez) [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 29: "Simplified writing from hundreds of signs (cuneiform, hieroglyphics) to 22 le..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 30: "Made literacy more accessible beyond scribal elites [^2]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 31: "Spread across the Mediterranean through Phoenician trade networks; Tyro-Sidon..." - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[temporal]` Line 32: "Encoded in Unicode block U+10900–U+1091F [^5]" - when was this true?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 8: "Origin: Phoenicia (modern Lebanon), ~1050 BCE @t[~1050 BCE] [^1]" - Sass source from 1988 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 9: "Type: Abjad (consonantal alphabet, no vowels) [^2]" - Daniels source from 1996 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 10: "Number of letters: 22 [^1]" - Sass source from 1988 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 11: "Direction: Right to left [^1]" - Sass source from 1988 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 12: "Derived from: Proto-Sinaitic/Proto-Canaanite script (~1800 BCE) @t[~1800 BCE]..." - Sass source from 1988 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 22: "Greek alphabet (~800 BCE): Added vowels, adapted letter forms @t[~800 BCE] [^1]" - Sass source from 1988 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 23: "Aramaic alphabet: Ancestor of Hebrew, Arabic, Syriac, and many Asian scripts ..." - Daniels source from 1996 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 24: "Latin alphabet (via Greek and Etruscan): Used by most of the modern world [^2]" - Daniels source from 1996 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 26: "South Arabian script: Ancestor of Ethiopic (Ge'ez) [^2]" - Daniels source from 1996 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 29: "Simplified writing from hundreds of signs (cuneiform, hieroglyphics) to 22 le..." - Daniels source from 1996 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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- [ ] `@q[stale]` Line 30: "Made literacy more accessible beyond scribal elites [^2]" - Daniels source from 1996 may be outdated, is this still accurate?
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