Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:00:51 +0200, "Steve Bennett" stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
It's apparently very difficult to define the problem with fictional universes, besides the fact that people are biased against them.
I know at least one major problem: the lack of objective external coverage.
In Wikipedia or elsewhere?
You can't trust the fan sites. And there's so much being produced that it's difficult for even a site that limits itself to one genre to keep up. We have chosen to comprehensively attempt a documentation of all genres to the point where many would see us as leading the pack in such things. Other, more "serious" subjects are still doing respectably well, but our greatest success is in what many people see as trivial. We still demand NPOV on these articles, but can be more relaxed about original research. The good secondary material is just not there, and you don't maintain a lead by waiting for other sites or books to put something decent together.
Ec