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.