Ethical dilemma on dangerous ascents

Doing solo and trad ascents are partly about how dangerous they are. What if you have a harness on and all quickdraws in place, can you still say you soloed the route just because you were not tied in. What about doing a scary trad route and having a friend ready to throw down a rope if you bailout? The question is where to draw the ethical line? I think it is not OK to use any such tactics without mentioning them in your report. What do you think? Once in a while, we get the info that top climbers use such ethics.