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  is not a consensus above Consensus decisionmakingIf consensus is not unanimous who must agree An uncivil and partisan user such as  has the right to file an FAR against an article he fundamentally dislikes but I have the right to demand that Wikipedia FAR rules be strictly respected