How such articles are handled by both users and mods has been explained in related threads many times so the idea this is some unknown 'dark art' seems misplace

How such articles are handled by both users and mods has been explained in related threads many times so the idea this is some unknown 'dark art' seems misplaced. 'Avenues of discussion' can be anything so it's not a useful criterion for being on or off topic. Also, flagged things aren't deleted so you can link examples if you've got them.