I really appreciate [T.E.D.'s analysis](https://history.meta.stackexchange.com/a/2009/690); 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](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/243113/1438). Let's start with the bad news. Many people find History.SE and disagree with the accepted answer to http://history.stackexchange.com/questions/10331/why-didnt-japanese-infantrymen-and-samurai-use-shields In the last 180 days [**50** anonymous users found it unhelpful](http://data.stackexchange.com/history/query/242881/potentially-bad-posts?days=180&topX=100). It's the [all-time least popular post on the site](http://data.stackexchange.com/history/query/242881/potentially-bad-posts?days=0&topX=100). Just about everything I know about Japanese military history comes from watching [The Last Samuri](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0325710/), 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 http://history.stackexchange.com/q/15334/690 has been [extremely well-recieved](http://data.stackexchange.com/history/query/242476/proposed-greatest-hits?days=180&topX=100) 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](http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/5169/history) 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](https://history.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/1956/weekly-topic-challenge).)