I'm uncomfortable with piling on the guy. Looking it over, IMHO that's actually one of his better answers. At least it has some supporting links.
@Semaphore I will say that I've seen a trend in past answers of his that it seems like they are being upvoted chiefly due to quantity and assertiveness, both of which he tends to supply in spades. What I'd really like to see more of out of those answers (everyone else's too of course) is references, and some indication of what is standard opinion vs. original thought.
@Semaphore It really drags me down to see a 10 paragraph answer with section headers, etc. If I want that, I'll go read an article. Preferably one that the answerer linked in their nice short succinct answer.
Also, perhaps I'm projecting, but I highly suspect a lot of those who upvote big "essay" answers don't read them either. They just skim them and think, "this sounds authoritative..."
@CGCampbell A virtual beer for you for taking the effort. I do think there's a legit historiography question in there. In the past we've just inisisted that poster's use clear (fluent) English. That may be a better approach in the long run, but we do need good questions (5+ a day or more, to be specific. :-) )
