Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2009-03-16/Dispatches

Acknowledging the increasing workload, the extended absence of Featured article review (FAR) delegate Marskell, and constraints on Featured article candidates (FAC) delegate SandyGeorgia's time, Featured article director Raul654 has appointed two additional deputies to assist him in the Featured article process: Karanacs has been appointed FAC delegate and YellowMonkey at FAR as of March 14, 2009. Other participants in the Featured articles process generally supported the choices.

Featured articles director and delegate history
Raul654 has been heavily involved with Featured articles (FA) for most of his editing career. The title of Featured Articles Director was created and Raul654's work in this capacity formalized by a ratification process in August 2004. He became less personally involved in removal of the FA designation, which can only happen after a Featured article review, with the appointments of Marskell and Joelr31 as FAR delegates.

In November 2007, Raul654 announced that he was selecting SandyGeorgia to assist him at FAC. Raul654 explained that the two would share the workload and he would remain actively involved in the process on a day-to-day basis. In December 2008, Marskell announced that, although he intended to edit again, he would not be editing for the medium term future.

New FAC and FAR delegates
Karanacs registered her account in October 2006 and participated in her first Featured article, Texas A&M University in June 2007, followed by History of Texas A&M University in August 2007 and 10 more Featured articles—typically in the content area of Texan military history—ranking her among the leading contributors to FAs on Wikipedia. She was the leading editor of the April Fools' 2008 mainpage FA, Ima Hogg. She has been a regular reviewer at FAC since mid-2007, recognized among the busiest and most reliable reviewers (see February 2008, April 2008, and May 2008 FAC stats). She became an admin in June 2008.

YellowMonkey created the account Blnguyen in September 2005. With major contributions to 30 FAs, he is among the top five FA nominators on Wikipedia (see related story). He is also a leading contributor to new content featured at DYK (see related story). He is a checkuser, oversighter and admin, and a former ArbCom member who did not seek re-election in 2008. In addition to reviewing and submitting FACs, he has been an active participant at FAR.

Depending on workload, another FAC delegate may be appointed in the near future. Joelr31 has expressed a desire to resign as FAR appointee, and therefore an appointment to replace him as FAR delegate may also be forthcoming.