Forum:CT Archive/Reusing FAs on the main page

Following a rather lengthy discussion on the Senate Hall, there seems to be general consensus to reuse existing featured articles to fill gaps in the featured article queue, rather than having to abandon our current policy of showing a different FA on the main page each day. After discussing it at the last Inquisitorius meeting we've settled on what should hopefully be a workable way of doing this.

We set up a page on which existing FAs are subjected to a review before being allowed back on the main page. We would need to make sure that there were enough ready to fill gaps when needed so the Inqs would stick up a batch of articles in the order they were originally featured on the main page (skipping those which are no longer FAs) and replace them as they're taken off. This way, we keep the page to 30 nominations at any one time. The rules would be as follows:


 * No article featured on the main page within the last two years can be put up for a vote. Some pre-Inq articles have already been up twice and might fall into this category.
 * Former FAs are not eligible and must go through the normal FAN process.
 * An FA would require four supporting votes, of which two must be from Inquisitors in order to pass.
 * Objections would be left as on the FAN page and struck when resolved. However, this would not require a full review. FAs should be generally assumed to still be at the same quality they were before, but we would need to have a quick look through and either raise or fix any obvious problems, such as:
 * Missing or inaccurate references.
 * Missing information from sources.
 * Failure to comply with manual of style, layout guide, etc.
 * Major changes since passing FAN. For example, if an article has been massively expanded (more than just a couple of paragraphs).
 * If issues are raised about an article then it cannot be put back on the queue until they are resolved. One benefit of this is that it would help with the existing featured article maintenance system; outstanding issues would be looked at by the Inquisitors who may then decide to place an article on probation and potentially remove its status.
 * The Inquisitors would periodically remove articles that have reached the required number of votes and put them back on the queue. The number would be determined by how many new FAs were added to the queue that month. If we create 20 new FAs, then we'll only need to take 10 existing ones to maintain the length of the queue. In this way, the old FAs are used to regulate the length of the queue and to keep featuring a different one each day.

The vote is simply whether to adopt the system outlined above. If it passes, the Inqs can monitor it for a few months and tweaks can be made later if needed. If there's no agreement to adopt this system, we'll continue featuring only new FAs on the main page, but will have to drop down to less than one a day in order to maintain the queue. Green Tentacle (Talk) 18:02, March 6, 2011 (UTC)

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 * 1) Green Tentacle (Talk) 18:02, March 6, 2011 (UTC)