Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Eurovision/Coordinators

Welcome to the discussion area of the ProjectEurovision's coordination department! Like some larger projects, the Eurovision Project has adopted a system whereby multiple coordinators are elected to serve the project. Our coordinators are generally responsible for maintaining all of the procedural and administrative aspects of the project, and serve as the designated points-of-contact for procedural issues. They are not, however, endowed with any special executive powers, nor with any authority over article content or editor conduct. As is the case with all projects on Wikipedia, our coordinators' main role is performing the maintenance and housekeeping tasks required to keep the project and its internal processes running smoothly. This includes keeping the announcement and open task lists updated, overseeing the assessment and review processes, managing the proposal and creation of task forces, and so forth. There is little that couldn't theoretically be done by any other editor, of course—the coordinators are only explicitly written into a few processes—but, since experience suggests that people tend to assume that someone else is doing whatever needs to be done, the most efficient route has proven to be to delegate formal responsibility for this administrative work to a specified group. ProjectEurovision coordinators also have several other roles. They serve as the project's designated points of contact, and are explicitly listed as people to whom questions can be directed in a variety of places around the project. In addition, they have highly informal roles in leading the drafting of project guidelines, overseeing the implementation of project decisions on issues like category schemes and template use, and helping to informally resolve disputes and keep discussions from becoming heated and unproductive. The coordinators are not, however, a body for formal dispute resolution; serious disputes should be addressed through the normal dispute resolution process. If you have a question, concern, or suggestion for the coordinators, please feel free to leave us a note!

Role of coordinators

Traditionally, ESC coordinators:

1. Look after the routine administrative jobs, preferably on a daily basis.
2. Contribute promptly to projects discussions:

   (i) on the coordinators' talk page, so consensus can be quickly reached;

   (ii) on the main talk page; and

   (iii) on the coordinator's adopted task force talk pages.

3. Help administer, and provide back-up support for, any special projects (drives, etc.).
4. Try to informally resolve conflicts (especially long-running ones or disputes affecting many articles).

Although some coordinators are also administrators, coordinators:

(i) do not require sysop tools for any of their responsibilities; and

(ii) do not become involved in article protection and the like.

These tasks can be time-consuming, especially when other coordinators are busy in real-life, and sometimes stressful. Coordinators should be prepared to prioritize coordination over other wiki-activities.

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All A-Class reviews are eligible for closure 28 days after they were opened, or 5 days if there is a clear consensus for either the promotion or non-promotion of the article under review. Any A-Class review filed on or before 20 November may be closed by an uninvolved coordinator. A guide to closing A-Class reviews is available. Please wait 24 hours after a review is listed here before closing it to allow time for last-minute reviews.