https://www.marriott.com/loyalty/member-benefits.mi

This is too much work.
Good luck.

1) If you’re seeing “silver status” mentioned you’re reading a cached version of the article because that was removed some time ago (please use an internet archive site to check for yourself). The Gold status that this card offers is mentioned in the summary of benefits and under the elite credits paragraph.

2) I’m unclear what you mean when you say “Even on Marriott’s website, there is an asterisk* by silver because Silver is only: *Available at participating properties. Gold, Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador don’t have the asterisk.”

Silver Bonvoy status is a standard elite status which (in a very limited way) is recognized by all Bonvoy properties in the same way as all other Bonvoy statuses (https://www.marriott.com/loyalty.mi). There are no properties that choose to ignore Silver status and that recognize Gold, Platinum, Titanium and Ambassador statuses. Please provide a link to the page that you’re referencing.

“The card also offers all cardholders Marriott Bonvoy Silver Elite status, but that is not a “key” benefit.”

What does this sentence even mean?? The card offers complimentary Marriott Bonvoy GOLD Elite status, NOT silver. I don’t even see “silver” mentioned anywhere in the terms. The article lists both gold and silver, which kind of makes no sense.

Even on Marriott’s website, there is an asterisk* by silver because Silver is only: *Available at participating properties. Gold, Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador don’t have the asterisk.

Hence the claim, “no research went into this article.”

That was a typo which has been corrected and for which I apologise.

Now, please submit evidence to support your claim that “no research went into this article”