Joe Szilagyi wrote:
For that matter, it's curiously wrong, isn't it, that any one sole person (Raul) gets to be final arbiter of what is and isn't FA quality? Why is every other aspect of WP driven upwards from the community, but he is sole person there?
That really depends on how much importance you attach to FA status. I don't care if anything that I do ever reaches FA status; it has no bearing on what or how I edit. I consider the Featured Article a nice PR link from the Main Page for visitors. The role that Raul has taken on does need a certain amount of management to ensure that there is a constant supply of fresh material. If there is a better way of managing this it should probably be discussed among those who are regularly involved.
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