Forum:Minor change to the good article nominations process

This is a simple proposal to make an amendment to the good article nominations process, said amendment being as follows. Right now, we have a rule in the “How to Vote” section on Star Wars Fanon:Good articles/Nominations that states an article must “be on the nominations track for at least one week even if they receive the required number of votes before then”, the required number of votes being eight (8) with at least four (4) being from members of the Council of Seers. The reason we implemented this rule was to give ample time for detailed reviews and to avoid any hasty decisions on non-reviewed articles. However, we don’t really have to worry about that anymore since articles already receive proper reviews anyway. Therefore, aside from that, the reasons for this proposal are as follows:


 * 1) Because good articles are, more often than not, used as a stepping stone to featured article status, one week on the nominations track can sometimes slow down the featured article process. Were the rule not in place, the Seers could potentially receive an article six or five or so days before they would if the rule were in place. This is a good thing now due to our continuous shortage of upcoming featured articles for the main page.
 * 2) It makes the good article process a bit easier and simpler, although not considerably. Anything to make the process a bit easier is, in my opinion, a good thing because the good article page really is not all that active. Remember only a few months ago when at any given time there could be ten good article nominations? Notice now how there’s really only three (currently) or four at a time? This may not make any difference at all, but it still could. It’s a very simple and inconsequential change that’s worth trying in this regard, because a shortage of good article nominations also leads to a shortage of featured article nominations, which in turn leads to a shortage of upcoming featured articles.
 * 3) Just to repeat what was said before, proper reviews are already given, sometimes in a day or two, so a one week minimum really isn’t necessary. The Seers won’t let an article go through if it hasn’t been given a proper review.

So yeah, that’s basically it. This is a solution that I think will at least help with the current featured article problem, and possibly help with the issue of less good article nominations. I would bring this up in the big discussion on solutions to the featured article problem, but I despise that thread. To whom it may concern, do not turn this proposal into a cluster!@#$ of discussions like that other thread has become. This is about this ONE proposal, not 42 different potential counter proposals. Thanks. Just as a reminder, all matters of the voting policy applies. I figure that for a minor adjustment like this only one week is necessary, so this will run until Sunday, January 25th. If further time is needed, it can be extended. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 20:03, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) As the proposer. - Brandon Rhea (talk) (contribs) 20:03, 18 January 2009 (UTC)