We get articles rejected at afd every day because there is no outside
criticism. To then have criticism rejected because it is academic is a
denial of the standards we use for all other subjects, and an
expression of the same attitude:
popular culture is a subject not worth serious attention, whether in
an encyclopedia or in the world.
Scholarship in the arts is not primarily "opinion", but analysis
based on study of the primary sources, the same fundamental approach
used on all other subjects.
Sometimes it will be aesthetic opinion, but why is that invalid? So is
the opinion of popular critics. if there is "consumer- level"
criticism it should be included as well. All responsible opinion on
the arts is valid,whether informed by scholarship, love of the art, or
both.
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 6:35 PM, <wjhonson(a)aol.com> wrote:
I'm a bit on the fence, but my gut feeling is that
an article
principally about a pop-culture subject, should be mainly... pop-ish
(to coin a term).
We are not an "academic" encyclopedia, we are supposed to be
representative of the entire world, which is why we include our
subjects warts.
I don't see any reason why this article should *not* mention academic
criticism, keeping in mind that that represents a very tiny minority
view of this subject. The simple fact that it's "academic and
peer-reviewed" does not trump UNDUE. We solely defined that category
for the purposes of RS, not related to UNDUE at all.
Will Johnson
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