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The obvious answer is: ""There is no consensus to change the status of this article"". Either you change FAR rules or you abide by them, but as long as the rules are ""The featured article director or his delegates determine whether there is consensus for a change in the status of a nomination, and close the listing accordingly"", then a consensus is needed to make the change, and 69% is not a consensus (above, Consensus decision-making#If consensus is not unanimous, who must agree?). An uncivil and partisan user such as   "