A crusade has begun. Nothing shall stand in their way!
—The motto of the Decreton Lords.
The Decreton Lords were members of a group of users that read over, checked and reviewed featured article nominees before voting as to whether or not Featured article status should be granted to an article. The Decreton Lords reviewed and gave constructive criticism for articles until they were fixed up to meet featured article standards. Once all criticisms were rectified, the Decreton Lords voted on whether or not the article should have become featured. In order to become a featured article, four out of the six current Decreton Lords must have approved.
Featured articles were checked over periodically to ensure that they still warranted the honor that it was given. If the article did not warrant keeping its Featured article status, a majority vote of the Decreton Lords could have stripped it of the status and make it a formerly featured article. The article could have regained its status only after the complaints of the Decreton Lords had been fixed. At the time of the dissolution of the Decreton Lords, there were forty-one formerly featured articles compared to sixty-seven featured articles.
History[]
The Decreton Lords were formed in spring 2007[1] by a group of users that included C3PO the Dragon Slayer, Jack Phoenix, Jasca Ducato, NKSCF and Squishy Vic. The name was chosen based on the Sith Order of Decreto written by Jasca Ducato where an elite group called the Decreton Lords would relentlessly and mercilessly strike down those seeking glory. With the name and specifics decided, it was the intention of the founding members to create a board that would help to oversee the featured article voting process. At that time, the community of Star Wars Fanon still voted for featured articles, so the Decreton Lords were merely an addition to that. As it was set up, an article could not become featured if the majority of the Decreton Lords disagreed, even if the set number of regular users had voted to support it.
It was decided in summer 2007 that only Decreton Lords would vote on featured article candidates as it was agreed and supported by the community 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 the option of friends voting for friends or any other backdoor dealings it took to make some articles featured while the entire community could vote.[3]
In late 2008, it was decided to merge the Decreton Lords and their High Priests counterparts into one group that would oversee good article and featured article nominations. This made the group larger, the original number being nine members, which gave it more of an ability to properly oversee the two nomination tracks. The group became known as the Council of Seers and was officially founded on September 25, 2008, the same date that the Decreton Lords disbanded.[2]
To see what the Decreton Lords had been up to, please see the related changes.
Members of the board[]
The four Decreton Lords had all been chosen by a vote from the entire Star Wars Fanon community and could have been removed through the same means. The final four members of the board are as follows:
Former Decreton Lords included C3PO the Dragon Slayer, CurrentBigThing, Jack Phoenix, Jasca Ducato, Jedi Master 76, NKSCF and Squishy Vic.
Featured Article nominations[]
Only Decreton Lords could vote on the nominations page to decide whether or not an article is to become a featured article. Once an article becomes featured, its section from the nominations page was archived onto the Decreton Lord namespace. The archived reviews can be found below. If the majority of the Decreton Lords did not believe that an article was deserving of Featured Article status and the author did not appear to have any interest in rectifying the complaints, then the reviews was archived for a later date. Those reviews can also be found below.
Featured Article reviews[]
The following pages are archived discussions of successful Featured Article nominations:
Rejected nominations[]
The following list is an archive of rejected Featured Article nominations. If for whatever reason the author(s) of a featured article nominee became(s) inactive or they ignored their nomination and the objections of the Decreton Lords remained uncorrected for a total of one month, the article would be removed from the nominations list and moved to the list of rejected nominations. Once the author returned or decided to once again work on their article, they could re-nominate the article if they intended to correct the objections.
- DL:Alexei Sudovencavic
- DL:Collective automated binary administration livewire
- DL:Cos Decarte Palpatine
- DL:Darth Abeonis
- DL:Darth Nyne
- DL:Ferd Swqaru
- DL:Muggera Delijiti
- DL:Second Battle of Providence
- DL:Star Wars: Legion Commando
- DL:Tarvin Calaan
Status removal[]
If you are the author of an article and have been redirected here from said article, then the article in question has had its Featured Article status revoked by a majority vote of the Decreton Lords. If you wish to appeal the removal, then please leave a note on the talk page of the now-members of the Council of Seers. Once any changes have been made to rectify the short comings pointed out by the Decreton Lords, you may renominate the article so the community and the Council of Seers can look over it.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Template:DecretonLord - see template history
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Forum:Major changes for FA and GA review boards
- ↑ Forum:Proposal - REVISED Selection of Featured Articles