Anthony mentioned the idea of "a certain user [being] the accepted
dictator of a page" and I'd like to comment.
No one may assume ownership of an ordinary article, even if they have
acknowledged expertise in the field to which it pertains: science,
history, etc. I have just as much right to edit math articles as
Axelboldt does, for example.
But apparently we've given the job of choosing the "featured article" to
one particular user. I sure don't want the job, and I think he's been
pretty good at making his picks, so I have given my, er, "tacit
consent". So have a lot of other people, so there has apparently been a
"consensus" that he's in charge of that selection.
If Anthony wants to have a turn occasionally, why not? I think it was
poor form to TAKE a turn without prior discussion and to FORCE the issue
with multiple reverts. But that doesn't mean he should be forever barred
from making a Featured Article Choice.
Perhaps it's time to consider allowing other people to submit
recommendations, or even to take a turn (say, a week or a month at a
time) in the role of Chooser, eh?
Ed Poor
Bureaucrat
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Poor, Edmund W wrote:
[Choosing the Featured Article]
Ed Poor
Bureaucrat
Be sure to check out the other proposals for changes in this area at
[[Template_talk:Feature]] - more needless bureaucracy or pertinent
democratization? Who knows? You decide!
Pete
I disagree. I think that, as the Main Page, and this Main Page
template in particular, are the most visible parts of the project, a
"director" is needed here. Management of this template needs to be
centralised and controlled, or we'll end up with disorder. Disorder
that'll be visible to anyone visiting the site.
If we *are* going to let multiple users control the Feature template,
then I must suggest that it be limited to sysops only. The bare
minimum for being in control of such a visible aspect of the site
should be sysophood (i.e. the trust of the community)... I would
stipulate that users such as Anthony (who thinks [[13 Colonies]] is
featured-article-quality) should never be allowed to choose it.
Else we'll end up with featured articles like [[Andy Dick]] or [[Set
and drift]].