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Caliph. compound of Bishop and Camel.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2005 01:45 AM UTC:
The broken links are caused by the wrong number of '../' in some relative
links. My problem with this page is a general problem I have with most of
Gilman's pages. It is that he tries to use the authority of this website
to give authority to his own naming of pieces. For example, this piece was
previously known as the 'Flying Dragon' by someone who used it before
Gilman, yet he goes ahead and calls it by another name. Furthermore, he
describes his reasons for this name in the passive voice, as though this
is the standard name for the piece, without taking responsibility for
creating the name himself. While I know that the name Caliph is his own
doing, the average reader here would think that the editors here have come
to a consensus on this name. That has not happened, and I think that any
page that Gilman writes should come with the disclaimer that he does not
represent anyone but himself.

I am supposed to be the Piececlopedia editor, and if these pages passed
through me, I would hold them to higher standards. But Gilman has never
passed any of his pages through me. Unfortunately, I don't have the time
to catch his submissions before other editors get to them.