# TL2 promotion seemingly only counts public contributions

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-promotion-seemingly-only-counts-public-contributions/396458>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Tags:** trust-levels\
**Created:** [February 18, 2026, 10:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-promotion-seemingly-only-counts-public-contributions/396458 "2026-02-18T22:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![stephtara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephtara/32/517827_2.png) [@stephtara](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stephtara)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-promotion-seemingly-only-counts-public-contributions/396458/13 "2026-02-20T18:26:09Z")

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I recall having a conversation about this issue (the fact it only takes public categories into account) in another topic sometime over the last week or so. I also find it problematic that private categories aren’t taken into account.

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