Andrew Turvey wrote: > ----- "Steve Bennett" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From: "Steve Bennett" <[email protected]> >> To: "English Wikipedia" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, 13 July, 2009 03:29:06 GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, >> Portugal >> Subject: [WikiEN-l] Featured churn >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-07-06/Features_and_admins >> >> >> I couldn't help but notice: >> * Five articles were promoted to featured status this week >> * Four articles were delisted this week. >> * Twelve lists were promoted to featured status this week >> * Eight lists were delisted this week >> > > I often wondered - what's the point of delisting? Surely if a previous > version of an article was good enough to be Featured, if the current version > isn't, you should just restore the one that was? > > Or am I missing something? > > Andrew The problem is that the FA standards have changed over time, becoming more strict. So, it is very possible that if an article reached FA several years ago, then no version of it would pass today's FA criteria.
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