On 6/6/07, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
Some people thought it was important to have a single person choosing
which
articles are featured on the front page. Those
of us who disagreed and
thought that it should instead be chosen by a collaborative process were
outvoted, and conceded. Mark was named "featured article dictator",
then
it
was changed to "featured article director", and proceeded to extend his
powers to what they are now. No one really challenged him, because
those
of
us who wanted the process to be community pretty much stopped
participating
altogether in the whole featured article mess.
I never messed around much with FA during my time. Who on earth made that
dumb decision to give him (or anyone) alone such power? And why on Earth
hasn't it be undone in the name of common sense?
I believe it was User:Zocky that came up with the idea, and the vast
majority of people who commented supported it.
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Zocky/FA_Tomorrow
*