I think it’s pretty conclusive that the intermediate ‘top-level-articles-not-promoted’ category should just be abandoned and articles should be promoted directly from discussion.
This would raise the pressure on authors in discussion section, which is undesirable, and eliminate the explicit category of carefully crafted on-topic articles that don’t get promoted, which I believe is also undesirable.
This would raise the pressure on authors in discussion section, which is undesirable, and eliminate the explicit category of carefully crafted on-topic articles that don’t get promoted, which I believe is also undesirable.