Woo! Moderator time!
Firstly, All the lists I've ever run have taken 2 weeks. I find 5 a day to be a good pace if you're not just cutting and pasting Wiki entries, and Bill has been putting a lot of love into this. It's not that glacially paced, and we're nearly at the top 10.
Secondly, every name I've seen come up on the list has been active members, or they have become active members. I'm not going to object to new blood around here, since it had been pretty stagnant as of a few weeks ago.
Thirdly, these lists are intended for fun, and have always been fun. They are labors of love. Let's keep them love-y. If they just start making people upset because A) Their choice didn't win, or B) the rankings of items on the list aren't skewed to their liking, then they aren't fun anymore. If you don't like the list topic, just wait until the next one. If you don't like what shows up in the top 5 of the lists to the point where they aren't fun, then you're doing it wrong.
In the interest of fairness, though, the "Suck it, Imrahil" in the first post on the Pokemon list isn't really in the spirit of the LoCs either. I know it came from a competitive place, but let's change that to something a bit friendlier, please. Also, Imrahil's request to start up the submission request about halfway through the list wasn't unreasonable. It was about time to solicit list ideas. He could have been a bit less passive-agressive about it, but the retaliation wasn't needed.
In summary, if we keep the lists fun, we can keep doing the lists. So keep the lists fun, please. I enjoy them dearly.
MOD HAS SPOKEN.