User:Marskell/FAR rules

Decision
Like most Wikipedia processes, deciding whether to keep or remove the Featured status of an article is based on consensus. It should not be a "nose count", but rather an analysis of whether people genuinely feel the article has retained (or returned to) the level of Featured article. Things to consider:


 * Articles should be left in the FARC section for at least the minimum two weeks. This is to ensure a uniform procedure and to allow sufficient time for those who have worked on the article to become involved.


 * Consensus is not unanimity. Some may comment "keep" where the general direction of comments is "remove" and vice versa.


 * Consider votes after a copy-edit/overhaul ahead of those before. Check the history and compare versions to see if major work has been done and when. If people have moved to a "keep" position because of such work than these comments should be given greater weight than earlier ones.


 * The nominator ought to remain involved with the review and FARC and it is helpful to consult them about whether they feel progress has been made; however, they do not have a veto or the last word on the article's status.


 * If a review and subsequent FARC have received absolutely no commentary you may remove status if the outstanding criteria concern is lack of citations (2c) and you have verified the page does in fact lack them. If, however, the concern is writing, POV, a short LEAD, etc. the article should be retained as an FA. The reason for this is two-fold. First, there is consensus that FAs without in-line citations should slowly but surely lose status; one should not be "accidentally" kept simply because of lack of commentary. By contrast, concerns over writing and balance are more easily remedied and removing status on this basis with no comments beyond the nominator is severe.