Star Wars Fanon:Featured articles/Request for Seership archive

This is an archive of Star Wars Fanon Council of Seers election requests, complete with the dates and outcomes of each nomination and election.

Foundation
Appointed Seers:

The Council of Seers was formed in September 2008 after a merger of the High Priests and Decreton Lords which reviewed Good articles and Featured articles, respectively. The name of the Council of Seers comes from the fan fiction of Drewton, a founding member of the group. In his series, The Drewton Legacy, there is an organization called the Jedi Council of Seers that believed that with the combined efforts of its members they would be able to percieve the future and stop the return of the Sith. This is reflective of the Star Wars Fanon group as the goal of the Council of Seers is to ensure that only quality articles that meet standards are promoted to Good article and Featured article status, and to make sure that Formerly Good articles and Formerly Featured articles that the High Priests and Decreton Lords believed lacked quality are not promoted once again.

With the name and specifics decided, it was the intention of the founding members to create a board that would help to oversee the Good article voting process and entirely oversee the Featured article voting process. All members have the ability to vote on Good article nominations alongisde the Council members, but only the Council members can vote on Featured article nominations. This has been the case with Featured articles since the beginning of the Decreton Lords, as it was agreed upon and supported by the membership that they were in the best position to know whether or not an article was worthy of Featured Article status. It was also a means to take away friends voting for friends or any other backdoor dealings it took to make some articles featured while members could vote. The system was approved in Summer 2007 and it continues successfully to this day.

October 4, 2008-present election
Retired Seers:

Following the foundation of the Council of Seers, Atarumaster88 retired from his position, citing that he felt his time on the board had ended and that he had additional priorities. Around that same time, and as a continuation of what had been an ongoing High Priest election, a Seer election was created to be held for an indefinite amount of time. The purpose of the election was to gain as many Seers as possible, which many believed would remove much of the pressure the Decreton Lords had faced with their small numbers. In order to be elected, a user needed at least a net total of ten votes and also needed to remain nominated for at least one week.

It was nearly two weeks before there were any nominees, but after that point Brandon Rhea nominated Victor Dorantes, a former Decreton Lord, for a position. Three days later, Unit 8311 was nominated by Andrew “Drewton” Barton Dorantes brought in a total of thirteen votes, with thirteen support votes and zero opposition votes, and Unit 8311 garnered eleven votes, with eleven support votes and zero opposition votes. Both were elected one week following their nomination..

Endorsements per candidate 

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