So. Many. Applications.
Most are waisting everyone time IMO.
Yeah some illiterate neg-trusted sockpuppets clearly can't read the rules:
Some may slide under a technicality (negative ratings not exceeding positive) but with so many other candidates to choose from they better be Shakespeare reincarnate:
I really don't envy Darkstar right now. Just to go through them all is going to be a mammoth task and then he's got to pick the best of the best from a shortlist which is probably going to be a longlist and ceraintly isn't going to be easy. No doubt we'll get a lot of people complaining about his choices either way. For those that don't get picked I wouldn't take it personal as there's a hell of a lot of competition here. Just keep the content up and try again next time when spots become available. Good luck.
If he cannot decide by himself the easy way to do this without bearing the responsibility of the choice is to make a list of candidates he would approve and then ask the participants in the CM campaign to vote for 4 ( or depending of the slots) candidates, the ones that gather the most votes enter the campaign.
It won't be easy to manipulate the vote, and there will be no personal drama anymore.
It's just an idea