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Note we have 22 top-level articles in [[:Category:Socrates]] and we have 19 articles in [[:Category:Britney Spears]].

==Wikipedia has more articles on [[:Category:The Simpsons characters|The Simpsons]]' characters]] than on [[:Category:Mexican feminist writers|Mexican feminist authors]]==

* Source: [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/business/media/31link.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1402278002-VnQc7BHJc54ytGL3s4L2SA New York Times]

* Verdict: Apparently true at the time (January 2011); As of June 2017, continues to benot true (articles exist for 64 individual Simpsons' characters and 48 Mexican feminist writers)now.

* Reason: Simpsons' characters are easy to write about. All 45 articles hadhave existed for years. Moreover, they are easier to categorise. At the time of writing we have 493,560 articles about writers, far more than all our fictional character articles. Note however that most, if not all, of the items that have been added to the category since, already existed either on English WP, or Spanish WP. (Thanks to [[User:Rosiestep]] for translation.)

"Is a category with five Mexican feminist writers impressive, or embarrassing when compared with the 45 articles on characters in “The Simpsons”? "{{Break}}

Note the MFW's now number {{PAGESINCATEGORY|Mexican feminist writers}}, while the TheSimps Simpsonsare charactersstill hasat gone up to 6445. And why not compare American feminist writers at {{PAGESINCATEGORY|American feminist writers}}. How many notable Mexican feminist writers are there? Who is capable of writing about them, without serious research? Why are those people not contributing - how come we are (implicitly) blaming the people who ''are contributing''?

Pop quiz: name as many Mexican feminist writers as you can. Name as many Simpsons' characters as you can.