[WikiEN-l] Bus Uncle

[C.J. Croy]

On 6/6/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at 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.