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I really appreciate T.E.D.'s analysis; I don't have much to add to it this time around. Instead, I want to highlight a couple of posts based on some queries I built. Let's start with the bad news. Many people find History.SE and disagree with the accepted answer to Why didn't Japanese infantrymen and samurai use shields? In the last 180 days 50 anonymous users found it unhelpful. It's the all-time least popular post on the site. Just about everything I know about Japanese military history comes from watching The Last Samuri, so I'm the last person to cast judgment. But this seems a great candidate for a thoughtful edit.

On the flipside, the accepted answer to Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century? has been extremely well-recieved by anonymous visitors. Given that the question has been viewed 12708 time in a little over a month, it shouldn't be too surprising that the top answer has gotten noticed too. Only one person (anonymous or otherwise) has downvoted the answer compared to 149 total upvotes. A rousing success for this community.

And while we are at it, the Area 51 statistics are starting to look very encouraging. I'd really like to encourage you all to continue to think of new questions to ask. (Perhaps someone would be interested in taking over the topic challenge.)

I really appreciate T.E.D.'s analysis; I don't have much to add to it this time around. Instead, I want to highlight a couple of posts based on some queries I built. Let's start with the bad news. Many people find History.SE and disagree with the accepted answer to Why didn't Japanese infantrymen and samurai use shields? In the last 180 days 50 anonymous users found it unhelpful. It's the all-time least popular post on the site. Just about everything I know about Japanese military history comes from watching The Last Samuri, so I'm the last person to cast judgment. But this seems a great candidate for a thoughtful edit.

On the flipside, the accepted answer to Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century? has been extremely well-recieved by anonymous visitors. Given that the question has been viewed 12708 time in a little over a month, it shouldn't be too surprising that the top answer has gotten noticed too. Only one person (anonymous or otherwise) has downvoted the answer compared to 149 total upvotes. A rousing success for this community.

And while we are at it, the Area 51 statistics are starting to look very encouraging. I'd really like to encourage you all to continue to think of new questions to ask. (Perhaps someone would be interested in taking over the topic challenge.)

I really appreciate T.E.D.'s analysis; I don't have much to add to it this time around. Instead, I want to highlight a couple of posts based on some queries I built. Let's start with the bad news. Many people find History.SE and disagree with the accepted answer to Why didn't Japanese infantrymen and samurai use shields? In the last 180 days 50 anonymous users found it unhelpful. It's the all-time least popular post on the site. Just about everything I know about Japanese military history comes from watching The Last Samuri, so I'm the last person to cast judgment. But this seems a great candidate for a thoughtful edit.

On the flipside, the accepted answer to Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century? has been extremely well-recieved by anonymous visitors. Given that the question has been viewed 12708 time in a little over a month, it shouldn't be too surprising that the top answer has gotten noticed too. Only one person (anonymous or otherwise) has downvoted the answer compared to 149 total upvotes. A rousing success for this community.

And while we are at it, the Area 51 statistics are starting to look very encouraging. I'd really like to encourage you all to continue to think of new questions to ask. (Perhaps someone would be interested in taking over the topic challenge.)

I really appreciate T.E.D.'s analysis; I don't have much to add to it this time around. Instead, I want to highlight a couple of posts based on some queries I built. Let's start with the bad news. Many people find History.SE and disagree with the accepted answer to Why didn't Japanese infantrymen and samurai use shields? In the last 180 days 50 anonymous users found it unhelpful. It's the all-time least popular post on the site. Just about everything I know about Japanese military history comes from watching The Last Samuri, so I'm the last person to cast judgment. But this seems a great candidate for a thoughtful edit.

On the flipside, the accepted answer to Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century? has been extremely well-recieved by anonymous visitors. Given that the question has been viewed 12708 time in a little over a month, it shouldn't be too surprising that the top answer has gotten noticed too. Only one person (anonymous or otherwise) has downvoted the answer compared to 149 total upvotes. A rousing success for this community.

And while we are at it, the Area 51 statistics are starting to look very encouraging. I'd really like to encourage you all to continue to think of new questions to ask. (Perhaps someone would be interested in taking over the topic challenge.)

I really appreciate T.E.D.'s analysis; I don't have much to add to it this time around. Instead, I want to highlight a couple of posts based on some queries I built. Let's start with the bad news. Many people find History.SE and disagree with the accepted answer to Why didn't Japanese infantrymen and samurai use shields? In the last 180 days 50 anonymous users found it unhelpful. It's the all-time least popular post on the site. Just about everything I know about Japanese military history comes from watching The Last Samuri, so I'm the last person to cast judgment. But this seems a great candidate for a thoughtful edit.

On the flipside, the accepted answer to Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century? has been extremely well-recieved by anonymous visitors. Given that the question has been viewed 12708 time in a little over a month, it shouldn't be too surprising that the top answer has gotten noticed too. Only one person (anonymous or otherwise) has downvoted the answer compared to 149 total upvotes. A rousing success for this community.

And while we are at it, the Area 51 statistics are starting to look very encouraging. I'd really like to encourage you all to continue to think of new questions to ask. (Perhaps someone would be interested in taking over the topic challenge.)

I really appreciate T.E.D.'s analysis; I don't have much to add to it this time around. Instead, I want to highlight a couple of posts based on some queries I built. Let's start with the bad news. Many people find History.SE and disagree with the accepted answer to Why didn't Japanese infantrymen and samurai use shields? In the last 180 days 50 anonymous users found it unhelpful. It's the all-time least popular post on the site. Just about everything I know about Japanese military history comes from watching The Last Samuri, so I'm the last person to cast judgment. But this seems a great candidate for a thoughtful edit.

On the flipside, the accepted answer to Why did archery not make a comeback when armor was phased out in the 18th century? has been extremely well-recieved by anonymous visitors. Given that the question has been viewed 12708 time in a little over a month, it shouldn't be too surprising that the top answer has gotten noticed too. Only one person (anonymous or otherwise) has downvoted the answer compared to 149 total upvotes. A rousing success for this community.

And while we are at it, the Area 51 statistics are starting to look very encouraging. I'd really like to encourage you all to continue to think of new questions to ask. (Perhaps someone would be interested in taking over the topic challenge.)