Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-4533965-20140908212058/@comment-26567650-20140908215228

Myself 123 wrote: Because that's what we modeled our RfUR page on. Furthermore, wikia itself is based on Wikipedia. You can set up a discussion to change that if you wish, but I see no point.

Additionally, 80% isn't the minimum for consensus, 80% or higher is a pass and those below 70% is a fail (I got that part wrong earlier), there's a clear middle ground there.

Lastly, consensus is not a majority vote, consensus is to determine if the community backs the nomination. For a very, very large wiki with thousands if not millions of users, 80% is very high for a wiki like this with an average of less than 100 active users.