Gospel research: Bible for Children checked, measured, and left out

A pool nobody here had tried, and the reason it stays out is worth writing down
so the next tick does not spend itself on the same site.

It is reachable and it 404s properly, so unlike the shells that defeated deaf
sources, its answers can be trusted. Its index publishes 118 languages with no
pagination and no stated total.

Out on coverage first: of the 294 languages in the Doxa gap, exactly ONE name
matches a folder there. 82 of the 118 match a language this index carries
somewhere, so the catalogue is real and does overlap us — just not the part with
nothing, which is the only part a new pool is worth adding for.

Out on the join key second: no ISO code is published anywhere, in the index or on
a story page. The folder IS the language name, so joining would mean matching by
name, the guess this build removed when Doxa's own API made it unnecessary, and
the guess that would have handed Akha in Laos one of three sub-varieties. The
single gap match above is a name match and worth nothing on its own.

Out on doctrine third, and that word is chosen carefully: no statement of faith
is served at any of the usual paths. This is unverified, not suspected. The brief
says leave a source out when its doctrine is unclear and say why, so that is what
this is, and it is not a finding against them.

No resource, link or count changes; the index differs only by its generated date.
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@ -380,6 +380,28 @@ const NOT_SCANNED = 'api_bible, dbl, progress_bible, youversion'
// even a perfect ISO join would add no coverage.
// - Davar Partners a ministry site, not a catalogue. No per-language page and therefore
// no URL a worker could be sent to.
// - Bible for Children (bibleforchildren.org) — checked 2026-09-26. Reachable, and the
// status code is meaningful: a wrong path 404s rather than returning the
// homepage, so it is not one of the app shells that defeated the others.
// Its index lists 118 languages as /languages/<name>/stories.php, with no
// pagination and no stated total, so 118 is what is published, not a page
// of something larger.
// OUT FOR THREE REASONS, IN THIS ORDER OF WEIGHT:
// (1) COVERAGE. Of the 294 languages in the Doxa gap, exactly ONE name
// matches a folder here. 82 of the 118 match a language this index
// carries somewhere, so the catalogue is real and overlaps us — it
// just does not overlap the part that has nothing, which is the only
// part a new pool is worth adding for.
// (2) THE JOIN KEY. No ISO code is published anywhere: not in the index,
// not on a story page. The folder IS the language name, so a join
// would be by name — the guess this build removed, and the guess that
// would have handed Akha in Laos one of three sub-varieties. The one
// gap match above is a name match and is worth nothing on its own.
// (3) DOCTRINE UNVERIFIED, not suspected. No statement of faith is served
// at /about.php, /aboutus.php, /faith.php or /beliefs.php — all 404.
// The brief's rule is to leave a source out when its doctrine is
// unclear and say why, so that is what this is. It is NOT a finding
// against them; it is the absence of a finding either way.
// - IBT (Institute for Bible Translation, ibtrussia.org) — NOT a pool, but the best LEAD
// on this map, and the distinction is the point. Found by asking why 36
// Doxa groups carry an IMB "audio Scripture exists" flag while every pool

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