User blog:Khalael/Featured Article Overhaul

Okay, so simply put: given the expanded user base; the archaic nature of the old system and the fact that new users clearly don't seem to understand how the FA process is supposed to work. It's time for an overhaul.

We'll be scrapping the currently active 23rd Featured Article Vote and starting from scratch with a new process which is as follows.


 * 1) Nominations: These will be held on a dedicated forum in advance of the upcoming Featured Article Vote and the thread will be found in the Community Decisions Board. The process of this will be expanded further in the thread itself.
 * 2) Preliminary Voting: Having received the nominations, they will be split up into even groups according to weighting of the nomination (this will be covered in the nomination process).
 * 3) Featured Article Voting: The articles that receive the most votes in their preliminary round of voting will be added to the final stage of the process. From now on the Top 10 Vote stage (used to cut down on vote fixing) will only feature five articles, in order to account for voting disparity.

This is the new system and I will put it in place today, starting with the Nominations Thread

-- Khalael My Talk 05:55, January 28, 2016 (UTC)