Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:00:51 +0200, "Steve
Bennett"
<stevagewp(a)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