On 6/6/07, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
I've always thought it an odd decision, but he does seem to do a good job. I'm sure as soon as he makes a controversial decision he will be removed and replaced by a more community driven system. Even if that doesn't happen, the fact that one person doesn't scale will result in a change being required. I'm surprised that hasn't happened already - does he never go on holiday?
One person doesn't scale but our standards do. Overall, only about one FA is promoted each day. This rate has maintained itself despite the very significant uptick in users and overall content. That's because the standards are constantly rising. As an example, check out almost any of the surviving featured articles Lord Emsworth wrote. Of the five I checked, only one would pass today.
FA's are promoted on a very long timescale. Several weeks might pass between submission and promotion. Raul could go on a vacation and no-one would notice. He probably queues up FA's for the front page with a script.