On May 14, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxx> wrote: > That is what happens exactly because the DISCUSS holds up the document, and most ADs don't want to burn time stalling their documents if there's a way around that delay. It can only happen if an author values getting their document through the process more than getting it right, in which case one has to wonder why they tried to publish the document in the first place. (I assume you meant "authors," not "ADs" above). The IESG processes documents quite quickly; I don't think it's valid to say that there is some terrifying stall in the document process as a result of the IESG, such that an author needs to chew off their leg to finally get the thing through.