Research levels

[What the research levels are for, and how a piece moves from one to the next]

Unexplored

[What “Unexplored” means, in your words]

Explored

An explored blog post is one which I have done a little background reading for, but not enough for me to claim I have researched the topic.

Researched

I aim for any of my writing classified as researched to be thoroughly thought through and to provide real insight, drawing upon things that came before in a given discussion