# 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:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/tl2-promotion-seemingly-only-counts-public-contributions/396458/3 "2026-02-19T00:03:11Z")

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That’s right. Trust level data counts only publicly verifiable data. I’m pretty sure it’s documented, though I’m not sure where.

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