Understood... perhaps just add something like:

'After copy-editing and acceptance,* a BIP number is assigned* and it will
be published here.'?

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals

p.


On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 7:34 AM, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 11:24 PM, Pindar Wong <pindar.wong@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Perhaps at some point consider introducing something akin to a
> > 'Bitcoin-Draft' (BD) status with some autoexpiry period?
> >
> > I understand that the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)  has the
> > concept of 'Internet Drafts" (ID) and this looks like it has worked for
> them
> > so far.
>
> Thats more or less what posting to the list is supposed to be.
> Creating a draft document requires no approval, beyond filling out the
> right form.
>
> Perhaps calling out that as a distinct step would be better, indeed.
>