Exactly Dovahn. What I've been petitioning, is that only ages that have come up through the phase process and have a proper design document and approved by the group. Now how the approval process would work is up in the air. This would help weed out those want to 'try' making an age for fun, and have no idea what's involved. These efforts usually fail. That's totally fine, people need to get their feet wet somehow to see what's involved. We just shouldn't commit resources to someones personal project if they haven't proven they are dedicated to seeing it all the way through. It's easy to start an age or any type of game level. Our resources should be dedicated to those that can finish.
Just had a thought on the approval process. The idea of a council is intriging. But that could be abused quickly. But if there was one. What if there were like 4 council member each got a vote. Then the community concensus would be a fifth tie breaking vote. This way the community isn't completely taken out of it.