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 :: Beats me. I posted a request for closure weeks ago, but that idea was shot down by  (who seemed intent on making sure his decree of a two week protection lasted the full two weeks) and  (who treated the survey portion of the discussion as the whole discussion for purposes of determining how long this has been going on). Since the argument that sprouted from my initial request seems to have sapped the admin community of any will to act on closing this discussion, I threw my hands up and withdrew my request for closure. Ironically, now there are two six-week-old discussions (including the image discussion below) on one of our highest-profile articles that are ripe for closure. It would be beneficial to resolve these stale discussions without delay, and before they get bot-archived, but there is a vacuum when it comes to the desire to take responsibility for it.   "