On 6/23/06, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
And I see the way that Good Articles has become a stepping-stone to Featured Article status, rather than a recognition of good articles in their own right.
I noticed this the other day, when I saw someone removing the tag from an article because "it hadn't passed through the Good Articles process properly". And here I was thinking that the point of the thing was that it was to be a largely process-free way of tagging articles that seemed reasonably good.
And ... let's face it, whenever someone comes up with a good idea (not that I'm saying this is a good idea; just that I thought of it ;-)), someone else will come along with a way to bollocks it up completely.
Generally because certain people can never see a good idea that they don't think could be improved with more process, formality, forms and bureaucracy.
(of course, this is not the only way that they can bollocks it up; I'm simply having a rant)
-Matt