On 13/09/06, Nathaniel <spangineer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I guess I would be hesitant to judge the overall FAC
process based on the
interaction between Francesco and FAC regulars. Rare are FACs that get so
heated (I recall the GNAA and Bulbasaur FACs, and that's it). In this case,
it seems both sides (I include myself in this) got defensive when they
perceived that their opinions were under attack (for Francesco, that his
writing was poor, and for Tony/Sandy/Me, that the standards we've been
applying to FACs for months are faulty). In the end (which occurred after
Francesco's initial complaints on WT:FAC), I think pretty much everyone
agreed that the article was at least somewhat better than it was when the
nomination started. And everyone was much more calm, that's for sure.
I think a process which tests Wikipedia content creators to
destruction, and whose advocates actually think this is a good thing
for a process to do, is prima facie pathological and needs removal as
soon as possible. It's way too damaging to the community.
As for people disappearing and not striking their
objections, yes, that
happens, but in my experience Raul usually ignores these after several days
if the nominator makes a note under the objection saying that he/she has
addressed the objection. Of course, sometimes it doesn't work out that way,
especially for nominations receiving few comments.
I'm wondering if FAC shouldn't be officially deprecated - it could be
preserved as a source of quirkies for the front page, but it certainly
seems less and less like anything to do with general Wikipedia
quality.
- d.