Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/2016 elections

The voting period has concluded.

2016 FLC Elections

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Status The voting period closed on October 30.

Background Delegates and FLC Featured list candidates (commonly referred to as FLC) is the process through which lists of high quality reach the status of Featured List. Similar to Featured article candidates, FLC is a consensus-based process where users evaluate the quality of lists against the featured list criteria and thus support or oppose their promotion. Before supporting or opposing a list, the reviewers usually hold a lengthy and detailed communication with the nominator(s), which is(are) usually the major contributor(s) to a list, to solve all issues a list could have before becoming featured. The process was established in 2004 and has produced more than 3,000 featured lists since then. The responsibility to evaluate consensus and, according to the case and their judgement, promote or archive a nomination lies in the shoulders of the directors and the delegates. They are also tasked with keeping order and maintenance of all FLC pages and subpages. They also take care of the lists nominated to have their featured status removed (better known as Featured list removal candidates, or FLRC), as well as to report new featured lists at Wikipedia:Goings-on and Template:Announcements/New featured content, among others. The director also has the responsibility of scheduling Today's featured lists, which appear every Monday and Friday on the Main Page. Why elections Usually, delegates are appointed after users interested in becoming delegates approach any current delegate or director to consider their name for the job. If the delegate/director considers that the user is suitable for the responsibility, a community discussion is held (usually at WT:FLC) to evaluate what the community thinks of the candidate. The latest user to be appointed this way was PresN (talk · contribs). However, after the recent resignation of SchroCat (talk · contribs), and the long-term unavailability of Crisco 1492 (talk · contribs), the FLC team has been left crippled, with only PresN and Giants2008 (talk · contribs) actively serving. After discussion at the FLC talk page, the idea to hold an election was agreed to select at least two new users to join PresN and Giants2008 on all the duties of FLC. Timeline of FLC leadership Election process Timeline Nomination period (from 00:00, 1 October 2016 until 23:59, 14 October 2016, UTC) → during which interested editors are invited to submit a candidate statement. All users are invited to make questions to the candidates. An editor is eligible to stand as a candidate who: (i) has a registered account and has made at least 500 mainspace edits by 1 October 2016 (ii) is in good standing and not subject to active blocks or site-bans Voting period (from 00:00, 15 October 2016 until 23:59, 30 October 2016, UTC) → voters can vote on their preferred candidates to fulfill the selected positions. An editor is eligible to vote who: (i) has registered an account before 15 September 2016 (ii) has made at least 50 mainspace edits by 1 October 2016 Election The selection process is as follows: The two candidates with the highest level of support[1] are selected: Only candidates with more than fifty percent of support will be elected. If there are no candidates with more than fifty percent of support, the positions for which they were running will remain vacant. _____ Notes 1. Highest level of support is measured by percentage. If several candidates achieve the same percentage of support, the candidate(s) with the highest number of support votes will be appointed. Candidates To nominate yourself, add your candidacy at the Candidates subpage using this link and then add your name to the following table using the syntax as outlined below. List of candidates S O % Iazyges Questions Votes 0 8 0% The Rambling Man Questions Votes 9 2 81%