SUMMARY: Route triage decides which broken or weak paths deserve attention first.
Not every improvement has the same value. A confusing route into the forum may cost more participation than a minor style issue. A stale description on a major page may weaken search visibility more than a small formatting mismatch inside an old post.
The operator should triage routes by impact, not irritation. The question is not which issue is most visible to the maintainer. The question is which issue blocks the largest amount of member movement, search clarity, or archive trust.
Triage Order
Entry routes: home, archive, news, forum, chat, register, and login paths come first.
Search routes: titles, descriptions, canonical links, and sitemap coverage should stay aligned.
Participation routes: prompts and rooms should make the next action obvious.
Archive routes: older material should point forward when a newer concept supersedes it.
Operator Rule
Use route triage with the friction ledger. The ledger records recurring obstacles. Triage decides what gets fixed first.
Operator rule: fix the route that restores the most movement.