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Thanks Star. (can't think of anything else to say). ResMar 03:13, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- JovanCormac seems a very odd person to ask for his choice of the week at FPC- he's not involved with FPC in any way at the moment. There are plenty of FPC regulars who I have no doubt would be happy to share their thoughts and opinions. J Milburn (talk) 14:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- J Milburn, thanks for your comment. While we have and will continue to draw mostly on the expertise of our regular editors at the featured article, list and pictures processes, the idea of inviting a judge each week always included another purpose beyond this: to draw on interwiki colleagues, whether at Commons or other wikipedias. The goal is to strengthen our relationships with featured processes in those sister projects, and to benefit from the different perspectives they bring. I know that our Managing Editor, HaeB, has no problem with this, provided we choose carefully, and the organisers of the Commons's peak competition for featured pictures seem ideally positioned to be occasional judges; we are delighted that they are agreeing to act in this role, actually. With 52 editions a year, we have the potential to invite many editors of varied background. We are grateful for your own contribution a few weeks ago, and will seek to invite you again before many months elapse, hoping you will agree. Cheers. Tony (talk) 15:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- I agree, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with asking an outside party to comment on the weeks nominations, they don't always have to be FPC regulars, and as Tony says, theres 52 editions/year, we don't have anywhere near that many regulars at FPC, we'd exhaust those in maybe two or three months I suspect. — raekyT 16:28, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
- J Milburn, thanks for your comment. While we have and will continue to draw mostly on the expertise of our regular editors at the featured article, list and pictures processes, the idea of inviting a judge each week always included another purpose beyond this: to draw on interwiki colleagues, whether at Commons or other wikipedias. The goal is to strengthen our relationships with featured processes in those sister projects, and to benefit from the different perspectives they bring. I know that our Managing Editor, HaeB, has no problem with this, provided we choose carefully, and the organisers of the Commons's peak competition for featured pictures seem ideally positioned to be occasional judges; we are delighted that they are agreeing to act in this role, actually. With 52 editions a year, we have the potential to invite many editors of varied background. We are grateful for your own contribution a few weeks ago, and will seek to invite you again before many months elapse, hoping you will agree. Cheers. Tony (talk) 15:02, 10 August 2010 (UTC)