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bip-0003: Clarify the need for relevance as a standard
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bip-0003: Remove overly broad AI/LLM usage disclosure requirement
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bip-0003: Remove assumption Author was involved in writing the origin…
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bip-0003: Require the Specification section
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bip-0003: Broaden reference implementation format
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bip-0003: Clarify editor assignment of BIP numbers
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bip-0003: Soften the requirement to include test vectors to a recomme…
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bip-0003: Replace "compliant" with "compatible"
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bip-0003: Avoid implying BIP editors must reply to every ML post
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bip-0003: Remove assumption authors submitting BIPs also proposed the…
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bip-0003: Move Type header responsibility to the author(s)
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bip-0003: Changes from BIP 2: Make it match actual spec
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bip-0003: Drop self-contradicting capitalization Rationale
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bip-0003: Better phrasing for Rationale/OtherImplementations
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Expand Up @@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ mentioned in the [Changelog](#changelog) section.
- The comment system is abolished.[^comments]
- A BIP in Draft or Complete status may no longer be closed solely on grounds of not making progress for three years.[^rejection]
- A BIP in Draft status may be updated to Closed status if it appears to have stopped making progress for at least a
year and its authors do not assert within four weeks of being contacted that they are still working on it.
year and its authors do not assert within four weeks of being contacted that they intend to continue working on it.
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Sure.

- Complete BIPs can only be moved to Closed by its authors and may remain in Complete indefinitely.
- A Changelog section is introduced to track significant changes to BIPs after they have reached the Complete status.
- Process BIPs are living documents that do not ossify and may be modified indefinitely.
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