Why is it so important to you? Did someone insult 1waylinks? It's certainly not that it's stopped working all of a sudden. It's never been known for outstanding quality. And yet, it's still provided its users with measurable results. Is this more of an ego thing for you personally, Jon? I think that a better solution would be to create a network of much higher quality from scratch, one that would be synonymous with quality from the beginning; not to try and change and subsequently take away a powerful workhorse for many people.
You say the two hours extra per article is worth it. That is your opinion, certainly not mine. I value the extra 8-10 hours I would get with my family per week, apparently much more than you. Have you ever considered that some of your users cannot afford the changes you're trying to impose on the network? I'm not necessarily talking about the the extra money that they'll have to pay their employees to be more thorough, but the time that they themselves might now need to take out of their days to do the work themselves? Time is money, after all.
You keep shooting that 85% statistic at us as well, but I find it a little hard to believe. The standard of quality of some of the posts that are getting declined are exceptional. I can't see how very many people, let alone 85%, have better quality.