On 7/20/06, Sean Barrett sean@epoptic.com wrote:
What evidence do you have indicating that any such correlation exists? Have any studies have been done on the effects of fancruft on the average age and expertise of the editor population?
Or do you just dislike Star Trek?
It's an entirely reasonable hypothesis worth exploring, and it shouldn't be dismissed out of hand. The lack of studies? Seriously, what the hell? When Jimbo said demand references, I don't think he was referring to the mailing list. Yes, broad assertions should be backed up by evidence, but this broad assertion isn't any different than the dozens of broad assertions made on this list on a daily basis. And someone doesn't have to hate Star Trek (I certainly don't) to worry about the potentially deleterious effects of a horde of stub articles on dozens of different starships which were only mentioned in an offhand reference in a single episode. AGF, please.