diff --git a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0009-paper-agenda-and-external-review.md b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0009-paper-agenda-and-external-review.md
index f50c45c..5e25022 100644
--- a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0009-paper-agenda-and-external-review.md
+++ b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0009-paper-agenda-and-external-review.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan
 title: "Phase VIII — Paper research agenda and external review pathway"
 domain: agents
 repo: soul-frame
-status: proposed
+status: active
 flavor: research
 owner: grok
 topic_slug: soul-frame
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ priority: medium
 state_hub_task_id: "3daca5cd-322f-5256-932d-1271f0c040a8"
 ```
 
-Resolve retain-vs-rename for "Soul" (Terminology.md; draft §8, §16.1). Produce
+Resolve retain-vs-rename for "Soul" (Terminology.md; draft §8, §16 item 1). Produce
 a decision record, not just more discussion — this has been open since
 Phase I.
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ state_hub_task_id: "7acfed9e-cc8b-5283-a298-90b749a28ee7"
 
 Develop a principled way to weigh conflicts between continuity dimensions
 (causal, organizational, psychological, autobiographical/narrative,
-normative, relational) for hard cases (draft §16.2). Test against TE-02,
+normative, relational) for hard cases (draft §16 item 2). Test against TE-02,
 TE-03, TE-04, TE-08.
 
 **Done when:** a weighting scheme (or explicit non-arithmetic decision
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ priority: low
 state_hub_task_id: "223e14d8-7bdf-5c49-9650-6fba70840c3c"
 ```
 
-Sharpen the boundary flagged in draft §16.3 and the TE-09 asymmetric-
+Sharpen the boundary flagged in draft §16 item 3 and the TE-09 asymmetric-
 recognition addition — when exactly does a recognized-but-autonomous
 individual cross into Social Beinghood?
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ state_hub_task_id: "81a4c87d-cff5-5448-acf2-8c170301a014"
 ```
 
 Scope (not necessarily build) measurable proxies for the A-axis (B1–B8),
-B-axis (P1–P12), and continuity profiles (draft §16.4). This is a scoping
+B-axis (P1–P12), and continuity profiles (draft §16 item 4). This is a scoping
 task — full metric development may become its own workplan.
 
 **Done when:** a scoping note exists identifying which axes are plausibly