Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-4787430-20140207230734/@comment-11008902-20140209213507

Zippertrain85 wrote: The three month break sounds a bit harsh if you're rejected, I've seen people turn themselves around in less time, I think that would only lead to unneccessary waiting. But I do agree that nominations should occur more, as the voting system is currently flawed in how it's viewed as a popularity contest. I think Patrollers should nominate other users to be Patrollers as well as Administrators, as most Patrollers are around the mainspace articles often and can see who's doing good and who isn't. I also think this could be the same for Chat Moderators and Forum Moderators. Is it really a popularity contest? I see they've been doing productive work on the wiki, I check their talk page, block log, etc., then I decide whether they'd be a good patroller. Who's nominating people because of popularity contests?