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feat: 'Rejected Proposals' page for evaluated but not qualified anchors #166

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@raifdmueller

Description

We need a place for anchor proposals that were evaluated but don't meet the criteria for a semantic anchor. Currently these just get rejected as issues with no visible outcome on the website.

Problem

Some proposals are good concepts but fail the semantic anchor test — for example:

  • MIRRR UX Framework ([Anchor Proposal]: MIRRR UX Framework #150): A real framework, but not established enough in LLM training data to reliably activate the right knowledge
  • TLDR: Underspecified, no defined structure — will never be a semantic anchor regardless of training data
  • GoF Tier-3 patterns (Flyweight, Interpreter, Memento, Visitor): Too niche to work reliably as anchors

These represent different reasons for not qualifying:

  1. Not in training data (yet) — good concept, but LLMs don't reliably recognize it
  2. Structurally unsuitable — too vague, no defined methodology, pure instruction
  3. Too niche — real pattern but too specialized for reliable activation

Goal

Create a non-prominent page on the website (not in main nav, linked from About/Contributing) that:

  • Lists evaluated proposals that didn't qualify
  • Explains WHY each didn't qualify (which criterion failed)
  • Serves as reference to avoid re-proposals
  • Educates contributors about what makes a good semantic anchor

Open design questions

  • What should the page be called? Not "Candidates" (suggests they'll become anchors). Options:
    • "Evaluated Proposals" / "Bewertete Vorschläge"
    • "Not Qualified" / "Nicht qualifiziert"
    • "Rejected Proposals" / "Abgelehnte Vorschläge"
    • Something else?
  • How to categorize the reasons (training data vs. structurally unsuitable vs. too niche)?
  • Should Tier-3 GoF patterns appear here too, or only stay in the umbrella context?
  • Should this be a static AsciiDoc page or generated from metadata?

Examples to include

Proposal Reason Category
TLDR Underspecified, no structure Structurally unsuitable
ELI5 Vague target, no pedagogical framework Structurally unsuitable
MIRRR UX Framework (#150) Not established in training data Not in training data

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