Gregory Maxwell (gmaxwell@gmail.com) [050519 04:43]:
I could write a quite through article on the slim mold in the back of my refrigerator (well providing I could talk some grad students into researching it, or some OPed columnist into writing about it since we're so adverse to original research), but no amount of facts, hyperlinks, measurements, charming prose, or photographs would make it into a good encyclopedia article.
Published research, as you describe, on most topics would certainly produce something suitable for three paragraphs and a couple of references. You're coming close to advocating things you don't actually want to happen ...
- d.