On 5/3/06, Steve Bennett stevage@gmail.com wrote:
People have an unstated bias in favour of sciences, and against popular culture. I don't know if this is a bad thing or not. The most badly written article on the most obscure beetle known to mankind will not be nominated. Every article on a fictional subject of popular culture is battling for its life from the moment it's born ;)
Steve
Because people don't know about the sciences but everyone knows a bit about polular culture. I doubt many people who haven't studied chemistry know what a [[Biaxial nematic]] is. However everyone knows what a website or a band is. A lot of people will know a bit about fictional characters. The other thing is verifiability. Science is practicaly defined by pulication but even fairly well writen pop culture articles such as [[G-Man (Half-Life)]] have zero citations.
-- geni