Board Thread:Captain's Council/@comment-2089817-20160507033741/@comment-2089817-20160507160927

@Z - So it's agreed, we pin all the blame on Shonen.

@Nanja - Honestly, I think you have a good idea there. Perhaps we can loosen the reigns a bit, I mean, people are still going to want to make Captain-levels, so it is still within their best interest to complete the RPCQE without restricting them as much. Gives them more breathing room, so to speak, while keeping to the RPCQE's purpose. I'm behind it 100%, though it depends on what everybody else thinks regarding that as well before we implement it.

And I did consider that as a possibility for the featured article. The category concept is good, but I feel like if we make it an admins' decision, it might trend along those same bias issues. But let's face it, we're not going to be able to make a perfect decision on this. We're not the largest community, and we've tried maintaining monthly votes before, only for it to fall apart on the next month. It wouldn't be the end of the world to just let the admins make final calls, and the community will definitely have a voice to suggest featured articles if they so wish. We can make it a forum thread for community suggestions, and perhaps we can assign a specific admin to make the final call. It's not the most ideal circumstance, but it may be the only way to ensure any consistent effort to keep up the featured article. Even the three-month-in-advice idea I pitched earlier still hinges on somebody to maintain a blog or thread for the votes, and as the past has shown, we never do manage to maintain it.