Any editor in good standing is welcome to analyse consensus in a nomination, and close it accordingly. There are featured portal directors who are trusted and willing to close difficult or contentious nominations in which they haven't expressed an opinion. If you would like to ask that a nomination be closed, have concerns over a closure, or seek clarification in any regard, please ask at the talk page.
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If the article was not promoted, there is nothing else editors need to do; the bot will update the talk page. Specifically, there is no need to remove the {{FPOC}} template or update the {{articlehistory}} template; the bot will do that.
Some time later, a bot will mark the nomination page closed, and update the portal talk page. Please do not update articlehistory or the talk page yourself, as that will stall the bot and create extra work. The delay in bot processing of the FPOC closing can range from minutes to a few days; editors will know if an article was featured or archived by checking the archived nominations or the featured log.
If the article was listed at FPORT, it has been promoted and you can add the star to the portal, by adding {{featured portal}} to the bottom of the portal page (unless the bot has already done that). The bot will do everything else, viz., it will upgrade Project assessments, close the FPOC, remove the {{FPOC}} template, and update ArticleHistory.
