Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-31421-20151014160335

Hello everyone. I have an idea.

I've noticed that there's been a dearth of activity in the fan-fiction world on this website, and I thought of something that might help to shake things up a bit, add some incentive for people to dust off their old stories and post some new ones, as well as encourage more featured work participation. The gist is that the term "Archivist" would become less of an obligation and more of a status symbol. It would be a recognition that this individual knows how to write a good story, and thus could help other people write their own stories and help decide what's a good story.

Proposal

 * Part 1: Any user who has written two or more featured works is automatically granted the title of Archivist. (This would grant the following users the Archivist title: Jedi Master 76, MPK, Sakaros)
 * Part 2: Item 5 of the Featured Work qualifications on FW page amended to say "It must receive at least 2 votes from the Archivists and 3 votes from the community to become a featured work." from "It must receive at least (2/3) votes from the Archivists and 5 votes from the community to become a featured work." This will make it consistent with the FW nom page, which currently conflicts with it.
 * Part 3: Update all "2/3 Archivist" vote requirements to say that 2 Archivists are sufficient to override an objection or remove a nomination. I would be fine bumping this up to 3 if more Archivists became active, but I feel that if 2 Archivists agree than objection is not an issue or that a nomination shouldn't be there, then it should be removed. I will monitor this closely for abuse, but I largely trust the judgment of the people we'd be adding.

I don't know how we do consensus on these new boards, but I'll check in on this periodically and gauge consensus two weeks from now. Cheers!

Atarumaster88 ( Talk page ) 16:03, October 14, 2015 (UTC) 