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I don't have strong opinions about the specific solution (between options 2 & 3, or even others) but I do like the idea of being able to deliver a smoother experience for visitors where it's clear that links are intentionally unavailable (or not shown) without a distracting "no access" page that takes a reader out of the world. It's nicer if they don't see what appear to be error pages, even if they aren't really errors as such.

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I actively avoid creating/linking large numbers of draft articles for this reason. I HATE seeing the multipass page on other people's worlds so I imagine they would hate seeing it on mine too.   Also, I agree with Kittymonster. Adding tag CSS classes is a good idea too and solves the problem beyond just fixing tagged lists.

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I would love for article links to get tag css classes similar to article blocks for this reason. On article blocks I add a little lock icon on drafts, and it'd be lovely for be able to show that icon on regular links to drafts too.

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I'd love to be able to put the link there without resulting in an unuseable link for my viewers. At the same time I prefer to be able to add a link to a draft. So if they can't be filtered for a viewer, could it link to a page saying it is not a published article yet?

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The trick is having an option that works for both list and block views. Option 2 works better for list view, and 3 works better for blocks. Option 1 works for all of them, which might ultimately be easiest to implement.

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