Retired vs. Expired Articles

[rosenst22]

Does anyone differentiate between articles that users hit the retire button for and then show was retired and articles that go past their valid to date and show as expired? If you can republish from both states, is the expired and retired state needed or can you consolidate into one category - retired? 

[rosenst22]

Our authors get three email reminders when their article is about to expire - 28, 14, and 7 days before the valid to date hits. We also have a custom dashboard that shows when their articles are due to expire. Thanks for all the feedback. We are going to keep expired and retired separate.