Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-24325144-20150106201659/@comment-24349111-20150107124509

24.19.86.242 wrote: It's not that bad an idea, though I still think we should keep voting. That way, we can vote for whoever is actually prepared to take on the role other than just whoever is popular at the time. You're missing that popularity is often a sign of talent. Although I agree that there are cases in which pure popularity made Users rise into positions, those cases have already been dealt with in the past months and I personally believe there is no staff in this Wiki anymore which got his/her position that way.

Besides, as soon as you attempt a democratic system, you're gonna have popularity influence the decision of people. Why do you think is there such a gigantic fuss about all democratic elections in the world, for example in the USA? Because popularity matters with large parts of the population more than their actual promises.