On 06/06/07, Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@gmail.com 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?
Historic reasons; he started doing it a long time ago, and has kept doing it since. There have been periodic attempts to change this situation, which have either been voted down or fizzled out, and there has been little urgency to Do Something About It, My God, because - well, it works, broadly speaking. When the community decides it is doing more harm than good, we'll find a different solution.
[cf/ the reason we don't elect a replacement for Jimmy...]