Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-05-04/Dispatches
Re-examining the process
Looking through the current FLCs, I see the same types of lists being nominated. That being said, they are nice lists and nothing terrible, but I get the feeling that people are just reaching for the low hanging fruit and working on the easy FLs. [...] It's frustrating that people are aiming so low. What I am concerned about is that in many cases, pages are created (some with questionable notability) and brought to FL, whereas I would prefer to see more users improve existing pages. And the reason we are getting so many FLs in certain topics is because of how easy it has become to get them promoted. The problem is that they seem to exist just so they can become FLs.
In his essay titled "State of the FL process", Featured List director Scorpion0422 stated that he believed the overall quality of the FL process had deteriorated. Amongst other things, he blamed the problem on a lack of a criterion that focused on stand-alone lists.
New delegate
On April 5, The Rambling Man was named co-delegate of the Featured List Removal Process, filling the spot vacated by Dweller in January. Delegates act as directors and determine the exact timing of the process for each nomination. user:Sephiroth BCR serves as the other delegate.
An administrator and beureaucrat, The Rambling Man's first successful Featured List was List of Italian football champions, which was promoted April 26, 2007. He has since successfully nominated 18 FLs. In May 2008, he was appointed one of the first co-directors of the Featured List process. He served as director until September when he resigned in preparation for a trip he was taking.