2009/2/17 Carcharoth <carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com>om>:
If these all count as low-hanging fruit, they may have
been picked,
but they haven't really ripened yet. Part of the trouble is that truly
general, overview articles are: (a) difficult to write well; and (b)
experts tend to prefer to write more limited, specialised articles.
Sometimes the subsidiary articles need to be written to a good level
before the general article can be tackled. Sometimes it is the other
way round.
I love a good metaphor! You're absolutely right, writing articles
about very general topics is very difficult. I think the problem comes
in trying to balance breadth, depth and conciseness. There isn't an
obvious solution - it just needs someone with the right talents to
devote a significant amount of time and effort to it.