The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers.

Lead coordinator

Hawkeye7

Coordinators

Coordinators emeritus

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What do the coordinators do?

The 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 have explicit roles in only 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.

The 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.

How are the coordinators selected?

Coordinator insignia
Coordinator	Lead coordinator
Coordinator emeritus

Coordinators are elected by a simple approval vote of the membership, normally held every twelve months. Any project member in good standing may nominate himself or herself, including current coordinators, who may serve as many times as they wish. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes becomes the lead coordinator, and bears overall responsibility for coordinating the project; the other coordinators advise and assist the lead coordinator, and focus on any specific areas that require special attention.

If, between elections, the project has more work than the current coordinators can handle, and no election is imminent, the coordinators may co-opt additional coordinators, to serve until the next election.

Occasionally, a motion to appoint a former lead coordinator as a coordinator emeritus is made for endorsement during an election. The objective is that the project may continue to benefit from their help and experience. The position has no special responsibilities and is held for as long as the coordinator emeritus wishes.

History of the coordinator system

The initial discussion that led to the creation of the project coordinator positions took place in January 2006; it arose from the development of the "task force" concept within the project.

There have been seventeen tranches of coordinators since the system was introduced:

Tranche	Term	Election	Lead coordinators	Coordinators^[1]	Coordinators emeritus^[2]
I	6 February 2006 – 26 August 2006	January – February 2006	Kirill Lokshin	Loopy Miborovsky
II	27 August 2006 – 25 February 2007	August 2006	Kirill Lokshin	Dryzen Grafikm LordAmeth Nobunaga24 Oldwindybear Wandalstouring
III	26 February 2007 – 28 August 2007	February 2007	Kirill Lokshin	Carom FayssalF Kyriakos LordAmeth Petercorless Wandalstouring
IV	29 August 2007 – 28 February 2008	August 2007	Kirill Lokshin	Carom Cla68 Eurocopter FayssalF Kyriakos LordAmeth Roger Davies TomStar81
V	29 February 2008 – 30 September 2008	February 2008	Roger Davies	Eurocopter Kirill Lokshin^[3] Kyriakos LordAmeth Nick-D TomStar81 Wandalstouring Woody YellowMonkey
VI	1 October 2008 – 28 March 2009	September 2008	Roger Davies	Bedford Cam Eurocopter EyeSerene^[4] JonCatalán Maralia^[4] MBK004 Nick-D the_ed17^[4] TomStar81^[5] Woody	Kirill Lokshin^[6]
VII	29 March 2009 – 26 September 2009	March 2009	Roger Davies	Abraham B.S. Bellhalla Cam Eurocopter EyeSerene Ian Rose Jackyd101 Joe N Lordoliver Maralia MBK004 Nick-D Skinny87 The ed17 TomStar81	Kirill Lokshin
VIII	27 September 2009 – 28 March 2010	September 2009	TomStar81	Abraham, B.S. Cam Eurocopter EyeSerene Ian Rose Joe N Juliancolton Maralia MBK004 Nick-D Parsecboy Sturmvogel 66 The ed17 Woody	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies^[7]
IX	29 March 2010 – 28 September 2010	March 2010	TomStar81	AustralianRupert Dank Eurocopter^[8] EyeSerene Ian Rose Joe N MBK004 MisterBee1966 NativeForeigner Parsecboy Patar knight Ranger Steve The ed17 Woody	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
X	29 September 2010 – 28 September 2011^[9]	September 2010	Parsecboy^[10]	AustralianRupert Cam Dana Boomer Dank EyeSerene Ian Rose Joe_N MBK004 Ranger Steve Shimgray Sturmvogel_66 The_ed17 TomStar81 Woody	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XI	29 September 2011 – 28 September 2012	September 2011	Dank	Adamdaley Buggie111^[11] EyeSerene Hawkeye7 Hchc2009^[12] HJ Mitchell Ian Rose MisterBee1966 Nick-D Nikkimaria Sp33dyphil Sturmvogel 66 The ed17	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XII	29 September 2012 – 28 September 2013	September 2012	AustralianRupert^[13] Dank^[13] Nick-D^[13]	Anotherclown Cplakidas Grandiose Hawkeye7 HJ Mitchell Ian Rose MarcusBritish Nikkimaria The ed17 TomStar81	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XIII	29 September 2013 – 28 September 2014	September 2013	AustralianRupert	Anotherclown Cdtew^[14] Cliftonian Dank Ed! Hawkeye7 HJ Mitchell Ian Rose Nick-D Peacemaker67 The ed17 Tomobe03 TomStar81	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XIV	29 September 2014 – 29 September 2015	September 2014	Ian Rose	Adamdaley Auntieruth55 Dank Dumelow Hawkeye7 HJ Mitchell MisterBee1966 Molestash Nikkimaria Peacemaker67 Sturmvogel_66 TomStar81	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XV	30 September 2015 – 29 September 2016	September 2015	Sturmvogel_66	Anotherclown Auntieruth55 AustralianRupert Dank Hawkeye7 MisterBee1966 Nikkimaria Peacemaker67 TomStar81	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XVI	30 September 2016 – 29 September 2017	September 2016	AustralianRupert	Anotherclown Auntieruth55 Dank HJ Mitchell Ian Rose Iazyges Lineagegeek Parsecboy Sturmvogel_66 TomStar81 Zawed	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XVII	30 September 2017 – 29 September 2018	September 2017	AustralianRupert^[15]	Anotherclown^[16] Auntieruth55 Biblioworm Cinderella157 HJ Mitchell KCVelaga Ian Rose Iazyges Parsecboy Peacemaker67 The ed17 TomStar81 Zawed^[17]	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies
XVIII	30 September 2018 – 29 September 2019	September 2018	Peacemaker67	Arius1998 Auntieruth55 Hawkeye7 Ian Rose Iazyges Kges1901 Parsecboy Sturmvogel_66 Zawed	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies TomStar81^[18]
XIX	30 September 2019 – 29 September 2020	September 2019	Peacemaker67	CPA-5 Gog the Mild Hawkeye7 Iazyges Kges1901 Parsecboy Sturmvogel_66 Векочел Zawed	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies TomStar81
XX	30 September 2020 – 29 September 2021	September 2020	Peacemaker67	Eddie891 Gog the Mild Harrias Hawkeye7 Hog Farm Indy beetle Parsecboy Sturmvogel_66 Zawed	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies TomStar81 Ian Rose^[19]
XXI	30 September 2021 – 30 September 2022	September 2021	Peacemaker67	CPA-5 Gog the Mild Hawkeye7 Hog Farm Iazyges Indy beetle Parsecboy Vami_IV Zawed	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies TomStar81 Ian Rose Nick-D^[20]
XXII	1 October 2022 – 30 September 2023	September 2022	Hawkeye7	CPA-5 Gog the Mild Hog Farm Iazyges Indy beetle Pickersgill-Cunliffe Schierbecker Vami_IV Zawed	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies TomStar81 Ian Rose Nick-D
XXIII	1 October 2023 – 30 September 2024	September 2023	Hawkeye7	Donner60 Gog the Mild Harrias Iazyges Pickersgill-Cunliffe Schierbecker	Kirill Lokshin Roger Davies TomStar81 Ian Rose Nick-D Peacemaker67^[21]

Notes

^ The position of coordinator was known as "assistant coordinator" prior to March 2008
^ The position of coordinator emeritus was introduced in September 2008
^ Co-opted in March 2008
^ ^a ^b ^c Co-opted in November 2008
^ Resigned in March 2009
^ Elected coordinator emeritus
^ Elected coordinator emeritus
^ Resigned in May 2010
^ The term length was increased from six months to one year following a March 2010 referendum
^ AustralianRupert and Parsecboy tied for lead coordinator, but AustralianRupert deferred to Parsecboy for personal reasons.[1]
^ Resigned in March 2012
^ Resigned in January 2012
^ ^a ^b ^c The lead coordinator position in Tranche XII was shared among three coordinators as a result of a three-way tie during the September 2012 election
^ Resigned in May 2014
^ Resigned in August 2018
^ Resigned in April 2018
^ Co-opted in May 2018
^ Elected coordinator emeritus
^ Elected coordinator emeritus
^ Elected coordinator emeritus
^ Elected coordinator emeritus